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Business tax break heads to CO governor

by Associated Press Published: March 14,2012

Tags: bill, business, General Assembly, Tax

A potential tax break on business equipment is headed to the desk of Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. The Senate voted 34-0 Wednesday to give final approval to the measure that allows municipalities to control how much of the taxes they want to exempt. The legislation would give municipalities the choice to exempt all taxes on [...] [...]

AARP seeks tax volunteers

by Amy Gillentine Published: November 28,2011

Tags: AARP, Tax, volunteers

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide, the nation’s largest free, volunteer-run tax preparation service, is seeking volunteers  from across the state to aid with 2011 tax returns. Volunteers do not need to be an AARP member or a retiree to participate. Tax-Aide is particularly in need of volunteers who speak both English and Spanish. Volunteers will receive free [...] [...]

Anti-tax crusader Bruce back in court on evasion charge

by Associated Press Published: July 11,2011

Tags: Bruce, Douglas Bruce, Tax, tax evasion

Douglas Bruce is due to be arraigned today in Denver on charges he evaded taxes. But the father of Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights says he plans to seek to have the case dismissed. Bruce is accused of tax evasion for allegedly failing to report money that went to a nonprofit group fighting government spending. [...] [...]

El Paso county commissioners consider parks tax

by Associated Press Published: June 20,2011

Tags: parks, Tax

El Paso county commissioners are holding a hearing on a plan to put a sales tax for parks on the November ballot. The group Great Parks-Great Communities wants voters to decide on if they want to pay a cent and a half on a $10 purchase to support city parks. If approved, more than $9 [...] [...]

Colorado earns a ‘D+’ for disclosing tax breaks

by Nathan Rodriguez Published: December 8,2010

Tags: break, disclosure, subsidies, subsidy, Tax, taxpayer, transparency

Colorado provides tens of millions of dollars in tax subsidies each year, but produces minimal information for taxpayers about who receives the support. A report from Good Jobs First shows Colorado earned a “D plus” grade for disclosing tax subsidies, after researchers determined the vast majority of recipients are not disclosed online. The largest subsidy [...] [...]

Too much to hope for: Tax reform that is simple, fair

by John Hazlehurst Published: May 1,2010

Tags: Hazlehurst, Tax

“Don’t tax me, don’t tax thee. Tax that fellow behind the tree!” Thus spoke Louisiana Sen. Russell Long decades ago, neatly summarizing the dilemma that legislators face when trying to increase revenue. The lowliest elected official soon learns to his or her dismay that voters want services, but have little interest in paying for them. [...] [...]

Dept. of Revenue system causing tax return nightmares (access required)

by John Hazlehurst Published: April 29,2010

Tags: Dept.of Revenue, Tax

The system is under fire by a number of leading accounting firms who complain about delayed refunds and, in some cases, notices from the state demanding payment of penalties and interest along with the repayment of refunds that had been larger than expected. [...]

Education tax hike gets first hearing at Capitol (access required)

by admin Published: April 19,2010

Tags: Education, Tax

Some supporters of public schools are backing a proposal that would allow the Legislature to raise taxes to pay for education. The proposal is up for its first hearing today in the House Education Committee. It seeks to ask voters this fall if they would give the Legislature approval to raise taxes as needed to [...] [...]

Fruita voters decide on sales tax for marijuana (access required)

by admin Published: April 6,2010

Tags: marijuana, Tax

Voters in the western Colorado town of Fruita were deciding today whether to make their town the first in the state to tax medical marijuana. The City Council decided to ask voters whether to impose a 5 percent sales tax on medical marijuana to help the town of about 11,000 cover costs of regulating dispensaries. [...] [...]

Amazon cuts off Colo. affiliates because of tax (access required)

by admin Published: March 8,2010

Tags: Amazon, online, Overstock.com, Tax

Amazon is cutting off affiliates that help it sell products in Colorado because of a new tax on online sales. Affiliates earn money by using their Web sites to link customers to online sellers like Amazon. Amazon told affiliates in an e-mail on Monday it would no longer pay them advertising fees because of the [...] [...]

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