{"id":109638,"date":"2015-09-10T19:34:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T01:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/report-tabor-raises-tax-bills\/"},"modified":"2015-09-10T19:34:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T01:34:40","slug":"report-tabor-raises-tax-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/report-tabor-raises-tax-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: TABOR raises tax bills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A study by Colorado State University claims that 80 percent of Colorado property owners are paying more now than they would have if the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) had never passed.<\/span>Images\/iStockphoto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

DENVER \u2013 More than 80 percent of Coloradans are paying more in property taxes now than they would have if the Taxpayer Bill of Rights had never passed according to a new study by Colorado State University.<\/p>\n

Phyllis Resnick, an economist and lead author of the report, says TABOR has made mill levies and property taxes inconsistent and unfair across the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you go in and distort a system in the way TABOR has distorted school finance and made it increasingly unfair and increasingly unequal, over time there\u2019s consequences to that,\u201d says Resnick.<\/p>\n

The report found TABOR\u2019s tax and spending limits have forced the state to subsidize a handful of often-wealthy school districts. Resnick explains mill levies in a number of rapidly-growing districts have been permanently ratcheted down by nearly 100 percent in some cases.<\/p>\n

She says the majority of Colorado taxpayers are left to back fill the artificial hole created by TABOR.<\/p>\n

The study found TABOR\u2019s property-tax limits rely on simple formulas that fail to take into account the complexities of school-district financing. Resnick says under TABOR logic, there\u2019s no way the state can adjust to the impact on school enrollment and a diminished tax base when, for example, an oil-and-gas boom turns into a bust.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you end up with is very inflexible limits, particularly if they\u2019re constitutional,\u201d says Resnick. \u201cSince you can\u2019t anticipate everything that\u2019s going to happen, you\u2019re in a very weakened position to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because it\u2019s hard to predict all the unintended consequences when limits are placed on complex systems like a state budget, she says Colorado\u2019s experience should serve as a cautionary tale for other states considering TABOR-like measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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