Colorado TABOR Refunds for 2022 Tax Year
State Sales Tax Refund
Full-year Colorado residents, who were 18 or older as of January 1, 2022, are eligible for the state sales tax refund. To claim the state sales tax refund, your return must be postmarked by April 18, 2023. Use the modified AGI amount listed on line 32, and your filing status, to determine the claim amount.
If you are filing under extension, you may claim the state sales tax refund only if you have a Colorado tax liability (line 13 must be greater than 0) or you are claiming a refund of Colorado wage withholding on a W-2. To claim a state sales tax refund under extension, your return must be postmarked by October 16, 2023. You must be a full-year Colorado resident who was 18 or older as of January 1, 2022.
If you are a full-year Colorado resident who was under 18 as of January 1, 2022, you may claim the state sales tax refund only if you have a Colorado tax liability (line 13 must be greater than 0) or you are claiming a refund of Colorado wage withholding on a W-2. Your return must be postmarked by October 16, 2023.
Part-year resident and nonresident individuals are not eligible for the state sales tax refund.
Income Qualified Senior Housing Income Tax Credit
If you were (or your spouse was) 65 years of age or older at the end of 2022, you may qualify for this income tax credit. Please read the following instructions carefully to determine if you qualify for the credit, and to calculate how much you qualify for.
- Is your date of birth (or your spouse’s date of birth) December 31, 1957 or earlier?
- Yes: Continue to step 2.
- No: Stop, you do not qualify for this credit.
- Were you (or was your spouse) a full-year or part-year resident of Colorado for 2022?
- Yes: Continue to step 3.
- No: Stop, you do not qualify for this credit.
- Is your adjusted gross income (line 11 of your federal tax form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR) for this income tax year $75,000 or less?
- Yes: Continue to step 4.
- No: Stop, you do not qualify for this credit.
- Was your primary residence exempt from property tax as allowed under section 39-3-203 of the Colorado Revised Statutes (commonly known as the Senior Property Tax Exemption or Senior Homestead Exemption) for the property tax year beginning January 1, 2022?
This exemption should appear on your property tax statement from your county assessor. You may have been approved for this exemption by applying in a prior year. This exemption is generally allowed if one owner of a home is 65 years old as of January 1, and has occupied the home as a primary residence for at least 10 consecutive years.
- No: You qualify for this income tax credit. Continue to step 5 in order to calculate the amount of credit you are eligible to receive.
- Yes: Stop, you do not qualify for this credit.
- Look up your federal filing status and adjusted gross income (AGI) in the table on page 17 of the Colorado 104 Instruction Book found online at: https://tax.colorado.gov/sites/tax/files/documents/Book 104_2022 (2).pdf
Free Tax Prep Help
The IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and the Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs offer free tax help for taxpayers who qualify.
Check out these sites in the Denver Metro area on the following IRS website:
Provider | Dates | Languages | Appointment |
Get Your Refund 711 Park Avenue West Denver, CO 80205Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
23 JAN 2023 –
04 APR 2023 |
English
Spanish |
Required |
Mile High United Way – Tax Help Colorado 711 Park Avenue West Denver, CO 80205Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
08 FEB 2023 –
05 APR 2023 |
English
Spanish |
Required |
DABC – CEC Early College 2650 Eliot Street Denver, CO 80211Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
31 JAN 2023 –
28 FEB 2023 |
English
Spanish |
Not Required |
DABC – VOA (Volunteers of America) 1247 N Santa Fe Drive Denver, CO 80204 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
25 JAN 2023 –
19 APR 2023 |
English
Spanish |
Not Required |
Denver Housing Authority-Connections at Mariposa 1089 Osage St Denver, CO 80204 720-932-3117 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
06 FEB 2023 –
27 MAR 2023 |
English
Spanish |
Required |
DABC – Denver Metro Caring 1100 E 18th Avenue Denver, CO 80218 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
27 JAN 2023 –
31 MAR 2023 |
English
Spanish |
Not Required |
Denver Housing Authority-Quigg Newton 4440 Navajo St Denver, CO 80211 720-932-3117 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
09 FEB 2023 –
30 MAR 2023 |
English | Required |
Denver Housing Authority-Mulroy 3550 W 13th Ave Denver, CO 80204 720-932-3117 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
07 FEB 2023 –
28 MAR 2023 |
English | Required |
Mi Casa Resource Center 345 S Grove Street Denver, CO 80219 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
08 FEB 2023 –
05 APR 2023 |
English
Spanish |
Required |
DABC – Edgewater 1800 N Harlan Street Edgewater, CO 80214 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
25 JAN 2023 –
29 MAR 2023 |
English
Spanish |
Not Required |
Denver Housing Authority-Westwood 855 South Irving St Denver, CO 80219 720-932-3117 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
08 FEB 2023 –
29 MAR 2023 |
English | Required |
The Fax 6740 E Colfax Ave Denver, CO 80220 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
02 FEB 2023 –
31 MAR 2023 |
English
Spanish (Comments: Burmese) |
Required |
DABC – Community Table-Arvada 8555 W 57th Avenue Arvada, CO 80002 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
28 JAN 2023 –
15 APR 2023 |
English
Spanish |
Not Required |
The International Rescue Committee, Denver, CO 1873 Bellaire Street 5th Floor Drop off may require return visit Denver, CO 80222 720-948-8381 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
30 JAN 2023 –
15 APR 2023 |
English
Arabic Virtual Interpreter Services |
Required |
DABC – Asian Pacific Development Center (APDC) 1537 Alton Street Aurora, CO 80010 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
28 JAN 2023 –
15 APR 2023 |
English
Spanish |
Not Required |
DABC – CCA (Community College of Aurora) 710 Alton Way Denver, CO 80230 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
28 JAN 2023 –
15 APR 2023 |
English
Spanish |
Not Required |
North of Denver VITA 9471 Dorothy Blvd Thornton, CO 80229 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
31 JAN 2023 –
13 APR 2023 |
English | Not Required |
New Life Christian Center 12505 Elmemdorf Pl Denver, CO 80239 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
04 FEB 2023 –
15 APR 2023 |
English
Spanish |
Not Required |
Colorado Tax Help 2851 S. Parker Rd, Suite 422 Aurora, CO 80014 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
16 JAN 2023 –
14 OCT 2023 |
English | Not Required |
Littleton VITA 5804 S Datura St Littleton, CO 80120 303-953-7180 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
01 FEB 2023 –
12 APR 2023 |
English | Required |
Highlands Ranch VITA 9335 Commerce Center St Unit B5 Littleton, CO 80129 720-532-0468 Volunteer Prepared Taxes |
23 JAN 2023 –
29 DEC 2023 |
English | Required |
When will I expect the $1000 income qualified senior housing income tax credit.
We were told that we should file even thou we do not owe anythihng.