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Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Rural Jump-Start Tax Expenditures

Subjects

Business & Economic Development

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Agency

Office of the State Auditor

Published

01/21/2020

Report No. 2020-TE2

Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in February 2025. Click HERE to access the February 2025 report.

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Colorado Gaming Tax Revenue and Distributions (19-17)

In 1990, Colorado voters passed a constitutional amendment allowing limited gaming only in the cities of Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek. Limited gaming is defined as “the use of slot machines and the card games of blackjack and poker, each game having a maximum single bet of five...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/22/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Gaming, Lottery, & Racing

Issue Briefs

Road Usage Charge Programs (19-14)

Transportation infrastructure in the United States is primarily funded through motor fuel (gas) taxes. Facing declining future revenues and increased construction costs, some states have begun to experiment with a new way of funding transportation: the road usage charge. This issue brief...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/23/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

State Revenue & Budget

Transportation & Motor Vehicles

Budget Related Publications

Forecast September 2019

Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2019-20. Implications of the forecast for the state's General Fund budget and spending limit are described in the report's highlights and executive summary sections. The report is based on current law,...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/18/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

State Revenue & Budget

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Captive Insurance Premium Tax Exemptions

Report No. 2019-TE27

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

09/13/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Insurance

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

In-State Investment Pre-1959 Insurance Premium Tax Deduction

Report No. 2019-TE28

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

09/13/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Insurance

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Surplus Lines Insurance Tax and Examination Fee Deduction

Report No. 2019-TE29

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

09/13/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Insurance

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Tax Expenditures Compilation Report, September 2019

Report No. 2019-TE

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

09/13/2019

Subject:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Issue Briefs

Single-Use Plastics Legislation (19-12)

This issue brief describes single-use plastics, current Colorado law, proposed legislation in Colorado that would have addressed single-use plastics, and other states that have enacted single-use plastics legislation.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/03/2019

Subjects:

Business & Economic Development

Natural Resources & Environment

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of 2019 Business and Economic Development Legislation

During the 2019 legislative session, the General Assembly made modifications to state laws regulating businesses and promoting economic development.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

07/22/2019

Subject:

Business & Economic Development

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Evaluating Tax Expenditure Legislation

This memorandum provides information intended to aid in the evaluation of legislation that would create a new or alter an existing tax expenditure. State law defines a tax expenditure as a “tax provision that provides a gross or taxable income definition, deduction, exemption, credit, or rate...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

07/17/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

State Revenue & Budget

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