Barker’s Goodwill Tax Checkoff Bill Signed into Law

Measure creates new income tax checkoff to facilitate donations to Goodwill Industries


DENVER—Colorado taxpayers will soon have an easy option to donate to Goodwill Industries, thanks to legislation signed into law today.

House Bill 1097, sponsored by State Rep. Mark Barker, creates a new income tax checkoff allowing Colorado taxpayers to make a donation to Goodwill when they file their taxes.

“Goodwill has done a great deal to help the people of Colorado,” said Barker, R-Colorado Springs.  “By providing this voluntary tax checkoff, Coloradans will have a convenient option to help their communities.”

Current law only allows for 15 lines on the Colorado individual income tax form for voluntary contributions.  The Goodwill checkoff will be added to the individual income tax form after the executive director of the Department of Revenue determines that there is a line available.

House Bill 1097 was sponsored in the State Senate by State Sen. Lucia Guzman, D-Denver. 

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