Colorado child tax credit taps TABOR refunds for anti-poverty effort

Gov. Jared Polis addresses the crowd before signing a new child tax credit bill into law as graduating preschoolers play at Denver KinderCare in Denver on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)

By Nick Coltrain | ncoltrain@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: June 1, 2024 at 6:00 AM MDT | UPDATED: June 1, 2024 at 6:03 AM MDT

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Boasting that child poverty in Colorado would soon be cut nearly in half, Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed a large new tax credit for low-income families into law. Here's how several new credits will work.

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New Colorado tax credit could lift 50,000 children out of poverty, is latest to tap TABOR surplus

Gov. Polis, lawmakers draw on pool for $1 billion-plus in tax credits for low-income families, workers

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