Forecast Five: June 2022 Revenue Estimates June 21, 2022 BlogForecast Five Forecast Five for June 2022 is here with revenue the forecast for Colorado and information on TABOR tax rebates coming…
How Much Would a Gas Tax Holiday Actually Do? April 22, 2022 BlogEnvironmental Justice With gas prices sky high, some politicians are proposing a gas tax holiday as a way to save people money…
Protection From a Pandemic: The Federal Response to COVID-19 in Colorado April 2, 2020 Reports In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has passed sweeping new legislation designed to bolster the economy…
Inequities in Colorado’s senior homestead property tax exemption January 31, 2019 BlogState Budget & Taxes Many older Coloradans and veterans with disabilities have come to rely on the tax savings they receive from the state’s…
How the House Tax Proposal Would Affect Colorado Residents’ Federal Taxes November 7, 2017 BlogFederal Budget & TaxesState Budget & Taxes On Thursday November 2nd the House Ways and Means Committee introduced the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in the House of…
Before you graduate, understand graduation June 28, 2017 Blog By Chris Stiffler CFI Economist When I lecture on taxes to college students I’m always surprised by how little…
CFI’s Forecast Five: March Madness Edition March 17, 2017 Blog The folks with the winning brackets in terms of the March forecast are Coloradans in the highest income brackets.
Capitol Gains: What the fiscal just happened? March 16, 2017 Blog Christmas came early this year, and I experienced my annual bafflement when the Senate Finance Committee heard SB17-149 last month.
Capitol Gains: Duck, Duck, Goose February 15, 2017 Blog This policy is kind of like Duck, Duck, Goose, but with a nasty twist.
You know what’s not nonessential? Facts. January 30, 2017 Blog Sometimes in committee hearings at the Colorado Capitol, something gets said that goes unchecked, and the "alternative facts" snowball over…