Taxes & Fees

Colorado Property Taxes

Proposition HH is one of the most complicated ballot measures ever presented to voters. Coloradans are facing historic property tax increases.

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Commercial Property Tax Impact on Commercial Property Owners and the Colorado Economy

Nov 17, 2023

7,520 fewer jobs, a $177M reduction in GDP, and a $223 decrease in household income.

The Economic Impact of Increased Property Taxes on the Colorado Economy

Nov 9, 2023

The combined impact of the increase in property taxes and loss of household personal income totals -$1,406 per Colorado household.

Proposition HH Brief: Economic Impact of Taxes Increasing Above Historic Trend

Oct 27, 2023

Prop HH would make several changes to state property taxes and changes to state revenue limits, including: reducing property tax rates, creating two new subclasses of residential property effective in 2025, providing funds to local governments to make up for decreased property tax revenues (referred to as backfilling), creating limit on local government property tax revenue, increasing the cap on state revenue (Prop HH Cap) allowing the state to retain revenue up to the newly created cap, that would otherwise be required to refund to residents under the Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR).

Proposition HH Issue Brief: Education

Oct 12, 2023

Proposition HH provides billions of dollars to education yet is not accompanied by guidelines, guardrails or metrics related to student performance.

Proposition HH: The Taxpayer Dilemma

Aug 16, 2023

Evaluation of the Long-term Impacts: Prop HH gives Coloradans a choice; trade some property tax relief for longterm increase in state taxes.

2022 Colorado State Ballot Proposition #121: “State Income Tax Rate Reduction”

Aug 10, 2022

In this report, CSI outlines the details of Initiative #31 and projects the impacts it could have across the Colorado economy upon both the private sector and the state.

Colorado’s 2022 Legislative Session and Free Enterprise

May 12, 2022

This year, Colorado’s Congress introduced over 650 bills to address issues, prepare for the upcoming election, and dictate the future of Colorado policy.

Colorado’s Economic Recovery Through the Lens of Taxable Sales

Mar 8, 2022

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.

Colorado’s State Government Workforce: A Snapshot of Growth from FY2013 through FY2023

Feb 2, 2022

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%.

Are Denver Taxes Too High? The Fiscal Impacts of Ordinance 304 “Enough Taxes Already”

Oct 12, 2021

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.

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