Tag: tabor
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Colorado title board rejects graduated income tax ballot measures
Colorado’s title board on Wednesday unanimously rejected two ballot measure proposals submitted by a policy think tank that would change the state’s flat income tax rate — in which everyone currently pays the same rate of 4.41% — to a graduated income tax, where people with incomes of up to $500,000 would get a small…
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D-11 school board member appointed to El Paso County commission in close GOP vote
The El Paso County Republican Party chose a Colorado Springs School District 11 school board member to replace outgoing County Commissioner Cami Bremer. Lauren Nelson will serve District 5, encompassing much of central Colorado Springs, after Bremer’s resignation earlier this month. “I will be a strong and steady force for our county,” said Nelson. Nelson…
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Arapahoe, Jefferson county officials cheer de-Brucing wins
Arapahoe County and Jefferson County voters decided on Tuesday night to allow their local governments to retain and spend taxes they have collected, bringing the two counties up to speed with many others that have already done so. Issue 1A in Arapahoe County received 71% of the vote, with 218,970 votes counted, the unofficial count on…
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Election Results: 2C road maintenance tax on track for renewal for 10 years
Colorado Springs voters are set to approve a 10-year extension for the sales tax that has helped the city funds road improvements. Tuesday night’s initial election results from the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office at 8 p.m. showed that 73.18% of voters were in support of renewing the 2C sales and use tax.…
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Election Results: 2C road maintenance tax on track for renewal for 10 years
Colorado Springs voters are set to approve a 10-year extension for the sales tax that has helped the city funds road improvements. Tuesday night’s initial election results from the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office at 8 p.m. showed that 73.18% of voters were in support of renewing the 2C sales and use tax.…
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District Court dismisses lawsuit to remove road tax extension from Colorado Springs ballot
An El Paso County District Court judge this month dismissed a lawsuit that sought to remove the so-called 2C road tax question from Colorado Springs’ November ballot. Douglas Bruce, the author of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment, filed a three-page civil lawsuit against the city of Colorado Springs in late September, alleging the city…
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Proposed $530 million budget includes infrastructure improvements, TABOR refund in El Paso County
El Paso County is planning a renewed focus on infrastructure and public safety and hopes to give property owners some financial relief, according to a Wednesday news release from the county. The El Paso County Services Department presented the plan during Wednesday’s meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, outlining a $530.8 million preliminary budget…
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TABOR author sues Colorado Springs, seeks removal of road tax extension question on November ballot
Douglas Bruce, the former Colorado state legislator who authored the state’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment, is suing the city of Colorado Springs in a bid to remove a question from the November ballot that would authorize the 10-year extension of a dedicated sales tax for road maintenance. Bruce filed the three-page lawsuit against the city…
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El Paso County approves two new public improvement districts
This year, El Paso County is continuing a program that allows developers to pay impact fees to for public improvements over several years instead of upfront. The program, called a Public Improvement District, offsets impact fees due through the county for major public works, like roads, by allowing property owners to pay a property tax…
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$67 million more in TABOR refunds slated for April: What you need to know if you pay taxes in Colorado
Colorado taxpayers are in line for almost $67 million in Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds that should have been paid years ago due, the result of an error by the state controller in determining what should — or shouldn’t — be counted as TABOR revenue in the state’s reinsurance program. That money would have to…