Results for Proposed Initiative #178
Ballot Title Setting Board
2023-2024
The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:
A reduction to the state income tax by 9.09%, thereby reducing state revenue, which will reduce funding for state expenditures that include but are not limited to education, health care policy and financing, and higher education by an estimated $1.3 billion in tax revenue, by a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes to reduce the state income tax rate from 4.40% to 4.00%, which will result in the estimated change in income taxes owed by individuals as identified in the table that follows:
| Income Categories* | Current Average Income Tax Owed |
Proposed Average Income Tax Owed |
Proposed Change in Average Income Tax Owed if Passed + or - |
|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 or less | $83 | $76 | -$7 |
| $25,001 - $50,000 | $784 | $713 | -$71 |
| $50,001 - $100,000 | $1,899 | $1,726 | -$173 |
| $100,001 - $200,000 | $4,169 | $3,790 | -$379 |
| $200,001 - $500,000 | $9,241 | $8,401 | -$840 |
| $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $18,733 | $17,030 | -$1,703 |
| $1,000,001 - $2,000,000 | $29,888 | $27,171 | -$2,717 |
| $2,000,001 - $5,000,000 | $49,465 | $44,968 | -$4,497 |
The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:
Shall there be a reduction to the state income tax by 9.09%, thereby reducing state revenue, which will reduce funding for state expenditures that include but are not limited to education, health care policy and financing, and higher education by an estimated $1.3 billion in tax revenue, by a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes to reduce the state income tax rate from 4.40% to 4.00%, which will result in the estimated change in income taxes owed by individuals as identified in the table that follows:?
| Income Categories* | Current Average Income Tax Owed |
Proposed Average Income Tax Owed |
Proposed Change in Average Income Tax Owed if Passed + or - |
|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 or less | $83 | $76 | -$7 |
| $25,001 - $50,000 | $784 | $713 | -$71 |
| $50,001 - $100,000 | $1,899 | $1,726 | -$173 |
| $100,001 - $200,000 | $4,169 | $3,790 | -$379 |
| $200,001 - $500,000 | $9,241 | $8,401 | -$840 |
| $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $18,733 | $17,030 | -$1,703 |
| $1,000,001 - $2,000,000 | $29,888 | $27,171 | -$2,717 |
| $2,000,001 - $5,000,000 | $49,465 | $44,968 | -$4,497 |
Hearing March 7, 2024
Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Kurt Morrison, Ed DeCecco
Hearing adjourned 1:45 PM.
* Unofficially captioned "State Income Tax Reduction" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.