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Why is state taxes delayed acceptance of state tax return?

djpegasus — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:25:25 GMT

why is Colorado state taxes delayed acceptance of state tax return?

Re: Why is state taxes delayed acceptance of state tax return?

ErnieS0 — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:00:54 GMT

Colorado delayed accepting tax returns due in part to numerous pending changes brought on by a busy 2022 legislative session and required system maintenance.

Last November Coloradans voted to lower the income tax rate to 4.4%, which coupled with multiple legislative changes created a much larger end-of-year programming workload for the Department, resulting in a slight delay.

The Department of Revenue planned to accept and queue individual income tax returns by no later than Feb. 10,

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For more info see: Processing for the Majority of State Income Tax Returns to Begin No Later Than February 10th

Re: Why is state taxes delayed acceptance of state tax return?

Critter-3 — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:09:56 GMT

Even when CO starts accepting returns it could be a week or more for them to accept all the returns that have been piled up so one must be patient while they play catch up.