Colorado joins tax increase line

Colorado joins tax increase line

  The Colorado legislature just voted for the largest tax increase in Colorado’s history.  As you suspect they are framing this as a tax increase “without increasing taxes”.  Essentially the new ballot initiative will allow the state to eliminate the taxpayer...
Socialist wins in Colorado impact on Colorado real estate & remote workers

Socialist wins in Colorado impact on Colorado real estate & remote workers

  Colorado has gone from red to purple, to now ultra blue. The headline in the Wall Street Journal says it all. Not only did a socialist win for Congress, but the governor’s race also went much farther left than predicted.    Will changes in Colorado laws...
Vacancy tax on nightly rentals 7500/unit in major ski town

Vacancy tax on nightly rentals 7500/unit in major ski town

Crested Butte, CO it the latest to propose a vacancy tax with one major shift, nightly rentals would be covered by the new tax along with second homeowners. Who knew that Colorado ski towns would be taking economic lessons from Portland Oregon,one of the worst...
13k jobs lost, Colorado population declines, business leaders ring alarm bells

13k jobs lost, Colorado population declines, business leaders ring alarm bells

  Colorado is losing businesses and jobs at an alarming rate.  The Colorado Chamber of Commerce has been sounding an alarm for years about excessive regulation and last year more people moved out of Colorado than into the state. Not only are people leaving but...
One CO town proposes to tax employers for hiring workers

One CO town proposes to tax employers for hiring workers

Reading the headline, it sounds absolutely crazy to propose taxing businesses for creating jobs, but is this really a crazy idea?  Is every job worth the same in Colorado?  For example if someone builds a large hotel in Steamboat creating 15 jobs, should the developer...
Colorado bans property evictions

Colorado bans property evictions

The legislature is back at it again, thinking that they are going to solve the housing crisis by even more regulations and expense on property owners.  The new proposal (HB 26-1106) will essentially ban evictions in many towns and quadruple the cost of evictions...