Supporters of Income Tax Change Measure Submit Signatures for Colorado Ballot
Supporters said the proposal could cut taxes for 97% of Coloradans and raise about $2 billion a year from higher earners.
- On Monday, Aug. 3, the coalition Protect Colorado's Future delivered over 157,000 signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State's Office to place a graduated income tax measure on the November ballot.
- Supporters argue the measure would replace Colorado's flat 4.4% income tax, providing tax cuts for 97% of Coloradans while raising roughly $2 billion annually for public services.
- The proposal cuts rates to 3.7% for the first $25,000 of annual income, while rates rise to 7.4% for those earning over $500,000 and up to 8.4% for those earning $1 million or more.
- Advance Colorado submitted nearly 190,000 signatures for a competing November measure to cap the state's income tax rate at 4.4%, with group president Michael Fields claiming strong voter support.
- This marks the third time in seven years Democrats have attempted to overhaul the 1992 Taxpayer's Bill of Rights; if both competing measures pass, the one receiving the most votes goes into effect.
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Aspen Times
Supporters of income tax change measure submit signatures for Colorado ballot
Supporters of an effort to replace Colorado’s flat-income tax with higher taxes on wealthier individuals say they’ve collected over 157,000 signatures to get the measure on the November ballot. Protect Colorado’s Future, a coalition of more than a dozen statewide advocacy groups, said it had delivered the signatures Monday, Aug. 3, to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, which will now review the signatures and determine whether the measur…
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Supporters of Colorado graduated income tax measure submit required number of petition signatures
The supporters of a citizen initiative to put a graduated income-tax system in the Colorado constitution said Monday that they had submitted more than 157,000 signatures to the Colorado secretary of state’s office as they seek to qualify for the…
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East Cleveland will ask its voters in November to raise the city’s income tax in a bid to climb out of 14 years of fiscal emergency. The inner-ring suburb of Cleveland is the first city to have its finances overseen by a court-appointed receiver under a new Ohio law. The hike would raise the tax rate from 2% to 2.5%. Based on last year’s collections, the increase could bring in another roughly $970,000. That’s no small amount for a city that ow…
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