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Staff Publications

Impact of Final Residential Assessment Rate on Local Share

The final Residential Assessment Rate (RAR) Study released by the Division of Property Taxation (DPT) on April10, 2019,estimates anRARof 7.15 percent for property tax years 2019 and 2020. The General Assembly would have to pass a bill for this rate to become law. The anticipated assessed values associated with this study have a significant impact on the local share for school finance.
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  • Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • Local Government
  • State Revenue & Budget

Budget Related Publications

Forecast March 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, legislation passed by the General Assembly affecting the forecast is described throughout the report.

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  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • State Revenue & Budget

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Tax Expenditure Evaluation Schedule (January 2019)

The Colorado Office of the State Auditor (OSA) prepared this schedule for evaluating the State’s tax expenditures pursuant to Section 39-21-305(1)(d), C.R.S. The OSA identified 208 tax expenditures that will be evaluated over a 5-year period. This schedule will be updated periodically.

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Office of the State Auditor
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  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Rural and Frontier Healthcare Preceptor Credit

Report No. 2019-TE1

Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in August 2023. Click HERE to access the August 2023 report.

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Publishing Agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Subjects:
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • Health Care & Health Insurance

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Fraternal Society Exemption

Report No. 2019-TE2

Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in November 2023. Click HERE to access the November 2023 report.

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Office of the State Auditor
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  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • Insurance

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Insurance Premium Tax Expenditures

Report No. 2019-TE3

Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in January 2023. Click HERE to access the January 2023 report.

 

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Office of the State Auditor
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  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • Insurance

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Agricultural Inputs Sales Tax Exemptions

Report No. 2019-TE4

Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in August 2023. Click HERE to access the August 2023 report.

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Office of the State Auditor
Subjects:
  • Agriculture
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes






Budget Related Publications

Forecast December 2018

Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2020-21. 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, legislation passed by the General Assembly affecting the forecast is described throughout the report.

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  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • State Revenue & Budget

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Understanding the State Budget Information Paper

Understanding the State Budget: The Big Picture

Each year, the General Assembly is tasked with balancing constitutional, statutory, and federal requirements with a host of other considerations, such as competing policy priorities, caseload pressures, and the health of the state’s economy, in order to create a budget.  This report is intended to serve as a primer on Colorado’s budget and some of the factors that help shape it.

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  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • General Assembly
  • State Revenue & Budget


Final/Annual Reports

Alternatives to the Gallagher Amendment Interim Study Committee Summary Report

Summary Report for the Alternatives to the Gallagher Amendment Interim Study Committee to the Legislative Council.  The committee was created pursuant to Interim Committee Request Letter 2018-02. The committee is charged with studying the following:

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  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • General Assembly
  • State Revenue & Budget


Budget Related Publications

Forecast September 2018

Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2020-21. 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, legislation passed by the General Assembly affecting the forecast is described throughout the report.

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  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • State Revenue & Budget




Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Farm Close-Out Sales Tax Exemption

Report No. 2018-TE3

Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in May 2023. Click HERE to access the May 2023 report.

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Publishing Agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Subjects:
  • Agriculture
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes