What Is TABOR? And How Does It Affect Colorado Property Taxes?

Anyone paying attention to Colorado’s November election heard the word “TABOR” about a million times.

Despite being this year’s star at the ballot box, Coloradans who aren’t so engaged in state politics (or who are under the age of thirty) might only know of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights from the refund checks that arrive in their mailboxes every few years. But TABOR is much more than that.

On Friday, November 17, the Colorado Legislature will convene for a special legislative session to address rising property taxes — with TABOR playing a major role in it all.

We’re here to give you a crash course on what to know about the decades-old amendment and how, exactly, it affects us before the debate kicks off:

What Is TABOR?

The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights is an amendment to the…