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The History of Property Taxes in Colorado

Learn how property taxes work, what they fund, and why they seem so high lately even though elected officials keep telling us they cut them.

Immigrants Power Colorado’s Economy

Immigrants are an essential workforce for industries across Colorado’s economy. However, immigrants face a variety of barriers that impede economic mobility and widespread prosperity. In solidarity with our partners and immigration rights advocates across the state, Colorado Fiscal Institute uses research to advance policies that support immigrants and their families to thrive.

Proposition HH Explained

Coloradans will vote on Proposition HH this November to address large increases in their property taxes. Prop HH cuts property taxes in a responsible way, while also preserving funding for the critical government services that rely on property tax revenue, like our schools.

Proposition HH: Property Tax Cuts vs TABOR rebates

There’s a lot being said about how Proposition HH will affect TABOR rebates. We have a new four-minute video explaining everything you need to know! Spoiler Alert, TABOR rebates aren’t instantly – or necessarily – going away.

TABOR in Two Minutes

Learn why a formula that links spending on roads, healthcare, and schools to the cost of toothpaste is silly.

Population and Inflation: A Broken Formula

Learn why a formula that links spending on roads, healthcare, and schools to the cost of tooth paste is silly.

Marijuana Revenue and School Finance in Colorado

Watch this video to learn more about state revenue from marijuana sales and school financing.

The Truth about Taxes in Colorado

Who really pays a higher share of their income in taxes in Colorado? Is it the rich?

Wage Theft in Colorado

Watch this video to learn more about wage theft in Colorado.

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Colorado Overview

Watch this video to learn more about the changes to the federal tax code and the impacts on Colorado.

Financing Colorado’s Investments

Watch this video to learn about how Colorado uses tools to fund our public infrastructure investments including Certificates of Participation (COPs) and TRANS Bond funding.

SNAP: An Automatic Stabilizer

SNAP acts as an automatic stabilizer for Colorado’s economy. Watch this video to learn more.

The Gallagher Fire

A weird provision in the Colorado Constitution is causing budget cuts for fire districts across the state–despite growing fire danger for many areas.

Severance Tax: Colorado’s Oil and Natural Gas Tax Webinar

This video covers everything you never even knew you wanted to know about Colorado’s severance tax structure and the programs funded by severance tax dollars.

TABOR on Auto-Pilot: School Funding Inequality

Homeowners and businesses in certain wealthy Colorado communities have seen a property tax cut in recent years that no one asked for, and these uneven and unfair cuts in local property taxes have come at the direct expense of Colorado school children.

TABOR Ruling Webinar

On Monday, June 17, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a historic ruling regarding Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution, which is commonly known as TABOR. Join CFI executive director Carol Hedges and Ed Ramey, the attorney who drafted the successful court brief, to discuss this important ruling and get all your TABOR questions answered.

Colorado Severance Tax 101

Learn about how Colorado’s severance tax works, why it’s needed, and what it funds.

How TABOR’s Revenue Cap Works

Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado constitution (aka TABOR) has four main parts. In this video, we explain and examine the provision that caps revenue and restricts investments in schools, higher ed, transportation and other services, even during good economic times.

Gallagher in 5 minutes

Confused by the Gallagher Amendment to the Colorado constitution? If you have five minutes, we’ve got you covered. If you live in Colorado you’ll want to watch, because you’re going to be voting on at least one ballot measure related to it; including Amendment B, which would repeal it altogether.

SNAP Matters for Children

Check out what Charlie and Eleanor have to say about why SNAP matters for children.

SNAP Matters for Families

Check out what Robin has to say about why SNAP matters for Colorado’s families.

Follow the $20 Bill: How the EITC Helps Us All

How does the Earned Income Tax Credit contribute to local economies? Watch this video to find out!

Colorado EITC #10PercentMore

CFI and other allies joined together in 2016 to celebrate the state EITC! Here is the highlight reel from the celebration!