Tag: taxation
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PERSPECTIVE: TABOR betrayed by deliberate legislative circumvention
If you have lived in Colorado for any length of time, you are likely familiar with the near-constant claims that TABOR’s limit on government growth restricts the state’s ability to fund essential services. Without TABOR, critics say, the state could fully fund schools, repair our roads, and ensure quality health care for all. But a…
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After rejection by Colorado Supreme Court, federal judge also tosses oil, gas owners’ taxation challenge
A federal judge last month dismissed a lawsuit from a collection of mineral rights owners in Montezuma County, following the Colorado Supreme Court’s conclusion last year that they lacked standing to challenge roughly $500,000 in taxes owed. The long-running dispute centers on the McElmo Dome Unit in southwestern Colorado. Operator Kinder Morgan extracts the carbon…