The following credits are available on Colorado returns. If the credit is only available for resident returns, it is noted.
- Property Tax/Rent/Heat Rebate: You must be a full-year Colorado resident, and meet qualifications before you can claim the Property Tax Credit (PTC). Please click here for more information.
- Child Care Expenses Credit: This credit is available for all resident types; full-year; part-year or non-resident. Please click here for more information.
- Business Personal Property Credit: Only available if individual Business Owner(s) paid their business personal property tax to a Colorado county during the tax year. Please click here for more information. This credit is available for all resident types.
- Credit for Taxes Paid to Another State: If you earned income in another state and that state and Colorado are both taxing the income, you may be eligible for a credit for taxes paid to the other state. Please click here for more information. Credit is only available for full-year or part-year residents.
- Plastic Recycling Investment Credit: This credit is available only on resident returns. Please click here for more information.
- Minimum Tax Credit: This credit is only available on resident returns. Please click here for more information.
- Historic Property Preservation: This credit is for the rehabilitation and preservation of a qualified historic property and is available for Colorado resident individuals and C corporations. Please click here for more information.
- Child Care Center Investment Credit: A credit for a taxpayer and/or spouse, that operate a child care center and purchases “qualified tangible personal property” for use in the facility. Please click here for more information. Tangible personal property is defined in the publication link. Only available on resident returns.
- Employer Child Care Facility: A credit for employers who provide their employees a child care facility. Please click here for more information. Only available on resident returns.
- School-To-Career Investment Credit: Please click here for more information.
- Colorado Works Program Credit: Please click here for more information.
- Child Care Contribution Credit: Please click here for more information.
- Long Term Care Insurance Credit: Please click here for more information. Only available on resident returns.
- Aircraft Manufacturers New Employee Credit: Please click here for more information. Only available on resident returns.
- Contaminated Land Redevelopment Credit: Please click here for more information. Only available on resident returns.
- Colorado Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit: Please click here for more information.
- Certified Auction Group License Fee Credit: Only available on resident returns.
- Advanced Industry Investment Credit: Please click here for more information.
- Low-Income Housing Credit: Please click here for more information. CHFA certification must be submitted with the return.
- Hunger-Relief Food Contribution: Please click here for form DR 0346 which must be completed and certified before you can claim this credit.
- Preservation of Historic Structures Credit Carried Forward from a Prior Year
- Preservation of Historic Structures Credit
- Rural Jump–Start Zone Credit: Please click here for more information. Must submit certificate from Office of Economic Development AND the DR 0113 with the return.
- Rural and Frontier Health Care Preceptor Credit: Please click here for the form needed to claim this credit. The form provides information about the credit.
- Enterprise Zone Credit and Carryforward Schedule
- Innovative Motor Vehicle Credit Use this form to calculate the innovative motor vehicle and
innovative truck credit available for the purchase, lease,or conversion of a qualifying motor vehicle. Please visitTax.Colorado.gov prior to completing this form to reviewour publications about these credits.
Where to enter?
- State Section
- Credits