Posted: 1/6/2009 6:04:47 PM EDT
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Hey Colorado folks I've been reading your state revenue website but must have missed the clearly listed tax rates. What kind of taxes (besides federal income) do you have and what are the rates? Curious about the metro area specifically. I know some places will have a slightly higher sales tax rate depending on location. I'm mainly concerned with income taxes. |
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Regarding overall tax burden, AK is the best (least taxed) in the country. Colorado is around 34 where as AK was 50. http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/335.html |
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State sales tax is about 4%, but there are county and municipal sales taxes on top of that. I think the highest-tax city has a total sales tax rate of something like 8.3% with off-premises food exempted.
The state income tax is, I think 4.63%. I had to file estimated tax this past year and I'm pretty sure that's the number the DoR form said to use. My property tax is about $2K on a house that the county assessor thinks is worth $247K. I'm going to be disputing that valuation, though, since the best offer we saw when we tried to sell it was about $225K. Vehicle taxes are a percentage of the vehicle's original taxable value, with the percentage declining each year. I think it starts at 2% in the first year. At least we don't have the *)($&(%&#$ COC-violating city stickers from the third-world rathole of my childhood. Maybe we'll get lucky and still have TABOR when the current crop of bastards under the dome are gone. 
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State sales tax is like 3%
RTD sales tax is 1% County is county dependent, but figure another 1% or so typically City sales tax is usually 3 to 5% more I think the highest in the area is broomfield at 9+%, non-prepared food (grocery stores) is only taxed at 3%. Prepared food is regular rates. State Income tax is 4.63%, The city of Denver itself has an income tax, no other cities do, and I don't know how much it is. It wasn't very much from what I remember. ( late 90's, few dollars a paycheck) Residential property tax is more or less 1% of actual value. That's not how it's figured, but that's typically what it comes out to be. It's a decent rule of thumb. But property taxes can vary wildly from one block to the next. (special districts, etc) Car registration is a screaming ripoff. It's based on model year, weight and value. SUV's get crushed under this formula. In 06 (up since then), my new 06 Chevy 2500HD was like $700. That's just for the plates, in addition you get whacked on sales taxes. After 10 years though it drops to like 27 dollars. You also need an emissions sticker (front range), $40 and an hour or more wasted of your time to even register. If you come from out of state, you need a VIN check before you can register your cars. If you come from out of state, you need a birth certificate to get a Colorado driver's license. Gas tax is expensive, I think Fed + State is 44 cents a gallon. Lord knows what they waste it on, because our roads suck. |
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Well my wife is really wanting to move back to Centennial where she grew up and I'm not wanting to move.....but for her I would  The tax issue was of concern simply because we are moving from a state with no sales taxes or income taxes.Prepare to take a huge cost of living hit. a. the taxes b. housing is very expensive here. c. no oil fund refund each year. |
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Well my wife is really wanting to move back to Centennial where she grew up and I'm not wanting to move.....but for her I would The tax issue was of concern simply because we are moving from a state with no sales taxes or income taxes.How long since she lived in Centennial. It is not the rural community it used to be...if that is what she is looking for. Parts of Centennial are still rural but much of it has become, and is surrounded by suburban development now. |
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Well my wife is really wanting to move back to Centennial where she grew up and I'm not wanting to move.....but for her I would The tax issue was of concern simply because we are moving from a state with no sales taxes or income taxes.How long since she lived in Centennial. It is not the rural community it used to be...if that is what she is looking for. Parts of Centennial are still rural but much of it has become, and is surrounded by suburban development now. It's been 12 years since she's lived there herself but her parents have been there for 30+ at (roughly) Arapahoe & Quebec. And thanks to everyone who's replying! |
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State sales tax is like 3% RTD sales tax is 1% County is county dependent, but figure another 1% or so typically City sales tax is usually 3 to 5% more I think the highest in the area is broomfield at 9+%, non-prepared food (grocery stores) is only taxed at 3%. Prepared food is regular rates. State Income tax is 4.63%, The city of Denver itself has an income tax, no other cities do, and I don't know how much it is. It wasn't very much from what I remember. ( late 90's, few dollars a paycheck) Residential property tax is more or less 1% of actual value. That's not how it's figured, but that's typically what it comes out to be. It's a decent rule of thumb. But property taxes can vary wildly from one block to the next. (special districts, etc) Car registration is a screaming ripoff. It's based on model year, weight and value. SUV's get crushed under this formula. In 06 (up since then), my new 06 Chevy 2500HD was like $700. That's just for the plates, in addition you get whacked on sales taxes. After 10 years though it drops to like 27 dollars. You also need an emissions sticker (front range), $40 and an hour or more wasted of your time to even register. If you come from out of state, you need a VIN check before you can register your cars. If you come from out of state, you need a birth certificate to get a Colorado driver's license. Gas tax is expensive, I think Fed + State is 44 cents a gallon. Lord knows what they waste it on, because our roads suck. I moved here 6 months ago and did not have to show a birth certificate. Just my former state's driver's license. |
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I moved here 6 months ago and did not have to show a birth certificate. Just my former state's driver's license. I lived here almost all my life, had a coloardo driver's license for 20 years. I moved to montana for 2 years, came back and had to show my GD birth certificate to get my license again And then they issue me the same goddamn driver's license number (which I already knew) Clearly they knew who I was. Cocksucking government teat suckers. |
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I moved here 6 months ago and did not have to show a birth certificate. Just my former state's driver's license. I lived here almost all my life, had a coloardo driver's license for 20 years. I moved to montana for 2 years, came back and had to show my GD birth certificate to get my license again And then they issue me the same goddamn driver's license number (which I already knew) Clearly they knew who I was. Cocksucking government teat suckers. LOL Bozeman, MT was on our list too.....maybe we should move there 
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I moved here 6 months ago and did not have to show a birth certificate. Just my former state's driver's license. I lived here almost all my life, had a coloardo driver's license for 20 years. I moved to montana for 2 years, came back and had to show my GD birth certificate to get my license again And then they issue me the same goddamn driver's license number (which I already knew) Clearly they knew who I was. Cocksucking government teat suckers. LOL Bozeman, MT was on our list too.....maybe we should move there lol, my wife keeps saying she is ready to move to AK..... Honestly, she would if it were not for her family in Reno. |
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I moved here 6 months ago and did not have to show a birth certificate. Just my former state's driver's license. I lived here almost all my life, had a coloardo driver's license for 20 years. I moved to montana for 2 years, came back and had to show my GD birth certificate to get my license again And then they issue me the same goddamn driver's license number (which I already knew) Clearly they knew who I was. Cocksucking government teat suckers. LOL Bozeman, MT was on our list too.....maybe we should move there lol, my wife keeps saying she is ready to move to AK..... Honestly, she would if it were not for her family in Reno. Tell her my wife says "if she likes to leave for work in the dark & come home in the dark, all with a high temperature of -15 for 2-3 week stretches (like our current one) then she'd love Alaska". |