Polis’s campaign gimmick with TABOR refund backfires, IRS wants to tax it

Thanks to Gov. Polis’s campaign stunt to win our votes with our own TABOR refunds last year, the IRS has us in its crosshairs and is plotting to tax our tax refund for the first time.

That’s because Polis and the Democrat-controlled legislature, which also campaigned on the gimmick, redistributed our regular TABOR refund in the form of cash to all taxpayers, whether they actually paid the taxes or not.

Before it was politicized by the Dems, the money was distributed in the form of a sales tax refund specifically so the IRS would not subject it to federal income taxes.

Remember when Democrats used your #TABOR tax refunds to buy votes in the November elections?

This is the price… IRS tells Coloradans to hold off on filing, as it considers taxing your TABOR refund. #CoLeg #CoPolitics https://t.co/O86Sh8D3ow

— Roger D. Hudson (@RogerHudsonCO) February 9, 2023

Now the IRS is telling Coloradans to hold off on filing their income taxes until they determine whether Polis’s Cash Back scheme is subject to income tax.

Polis’s bribe for Coloradans’ votes will now end up costing each of us upwards of $150 to $450.

Thanks a lot, assh@t.