Taxes in Colorado

Each state’s tax code is a multifaceted system with many moving parts, and Colorado is no exception. The first step towards understanding Colorado’s tax code is knowing the basics.

How does Colorado rank? Below, we have highlighted a number of tax rates, ranks, and measures detailing Colorado’s income tax, business tax, sales tax, and property tax systems. Click the tabs below to explore!

Lunch Links: States Could Raise $5 Billion from Marijuana Taxes, Colorado Universal Health Care, Popular Governors

May 13, 2016

Marijuana Legalization and Taxes: Lessons for Other States from Colorado and Washington

May 12, 2016

Lunch Links: IRS Auditing by Telephone, President Obama vs. Senator Paul on Tax Treaties, Jamba Juice Flees California

May 9, 2016

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Challenging Colorado Marijuana Law

March 21, 2016

Voters in Five States Decide Tax-Related Ballot Initiatives

November 4, 2015

Voters in Five States Consider Tax-Related Initiatives

November 2, 2015

Which States Have the Worst Sales Tax Administration?

October 30, 2015

Colorado Suspends Marijuana Tax for One Day on September 16

September 9, 2015

Colorado Will Face Vote on TABOR Refunds from Marijuana Taxes

June 9, 2015

Colorado’s Marijuana Revenue High and Pending TABOR Refunds

May 27, 2015

Colorado’s Burdensome Tax Notification Law Violates the Commerce Clause: Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl

May 3, 2015

Marijuana Taxes Not a Panacea for Budgets, Utah Vapor Tax Scrapped, and a Proposed Cigarette Tax in Rhode Island

April 10, 2015

Supreme Court Lets Taxpayers Challenge Internet Sales Tax Law, But With a Warning

March 3, 2015

Lessons on Legalizing and Taxing Marijuana from the Colorado and Washington Experience: Testimony to the District of Columbia Committee on Business, Consumer, & Regulatory Affairs and the Committee on Finance & Revenue

October 30, 2014

New NerdWallet Report Projects Significant Revenues from Marijuana Legalization

October 1, 2014

Taxing Marijuana: The Washington and Colorado Experience

August 25, 2014

Tax Code Disallows Business Deductions for Marijuana Sales

February 6, 2014

Colorado Begins Legal Marijuana Sales, Collecting Marijuana Tax

January 1, 2014

Tax Foundation Presents Seal to Five States for State Tax Information Transparency

December 16, 2013

Colorado Voters Reject $1 Billion Income Tax Increase

November 6, 2013