May 12, 2022 | Featured Research, Recent Research, Research, State Budget, Taxes & Fees
This year, Colorado’s Congress introduced over 650 bills to address issues, prepare for the upcoming election, and dictate the future of Colorado policy.
Mar 8, 2022 | 2022 Research, Featured Research, Recent Research, Research, Taxes & Fees
Colorado economic activity as proxied by taxable sales, generated from the purchase of taxable goods and services, has more than fully recovered. Through the end of 2021, this crucial driver of both state and local sales tax revenue has grown well beyond pre-pandemic levels, even after adjusting for population growth and recent inflation.
Feb 2, 2022 | 2022 Research, Featured Research, Recent Research, State Budget, Taxes & Fees
The recent changes in state government employment vary greatly across each department. Though the Governor’s FY23 budget request proposes a 0.85% increase in the overall level of the state government’s workforce, five agencies are proposed to grow above 6%.
Oct 12, 2021 | 2021 Research, Featured Research, Recent Research, Taxes & Fees
Ordinance 304 or the “Enough Taxes Already” ballot initiative proposes to cut the City of Denver’s sales tax from 4.81% to 4.5% and impose a cap at the latter rate.
Oct 5, 2021 | 2021 Research, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Taxes & Fees
Proposition 120 – “Property Tax Assessment Rate Reduction” proposes to permanently reduce the statewide property tax assessment rate for several classes of property.
Jul 13, 2021 | 2021 Research, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Research, Taxes & Fees
Common Sense Institute analyzes the taxes and fees that resulted from the 2021 legislative session. Under the additional impact of this year’s legislative action, the total net direct cost of rules and legislation passed since 2018 is now over $2.1 billion.
