• Advanced Industry Investment Tax Credit
  This tax credit encourages investments in advanced industries businesses by giving tax credits to investors.
• CHIPS Refundable Tax Credit Program
  This program allows eligible semiconductor and advanced manufacturing companies in Colorado to take a refund on specific types of earned credits.
  
• CHIPS Zones Program
  This program provides eligible semiconductor companies access to specific types of Enterprise Zone income tax credits; Colorado municipalities and counties must establish a CHIPS Zone through application to the EDC before companies can access these benefits.
• Colorado Community Revitalization Tax Credit
  The Community Revitalization Tax Credit is a Colorado State income tax incentive designed to support capital improvement projects that bolster creative industries and mixed-use spaces accessible to the public.
• Colorado Film Incentive
  This incentive encourages film production in Colorado with a performance-based rebate for up to 20% of qualified expenses.
• Colorado Opportunity Zone Program
  This federal program encourages long-term investments in designated low-income communities by giving investors tax incentives for investing in real estate projects.
• Colorado Quantum Fund (CQF) for Shared Facilities
  The Colorado Quantum Fund (CQF) for Shared Facilities provides 100% refundable tax credits to applicants making qualifying investments in fixed capital assets intended to create a shared quantum lab.
• Colorado Quantum Fund (CQF) for Innovative Lending
  The Quantum Investment Tax Credit (QITC) improves access to capital for quantum companies by encouraging lenders to make favorable loans to companies by registering up to 15% of the loan in a pooled loan loss reserve. The reserve is accessible with a 100% refundable tax credit should the lender incur losses associated with those loans.
• Commercial Historic Preservation Tax Credit
  This tax credit helps rehabilitate historic and commercial properties.
• Employee Ownership Tax Credit to Strengthen and to Thrive
  The Employee Ownership Tax Credit to Strengthen and to Thrive program is available to newly established Colorado-headquartered employee-owned businesses to offer financial support through a tax credit program to ensure ongoing success
• Employee Ownership Tax Credit to Establish or to Expand
  This tax credit covers up to 50% of a qualified business’ conversion costs to employee ownership (up to $150,000.00). Check the program page to learn more about the recently expanded program.
• Enterprise Zone Commercial Vehicle Investment Tax Credit
  This tax credit helps businesses invest in commercial vehicles and parts for vehicles.
• Enterprise Zone Contribution Tax Credit
  This tax credit encourages investment in distressed areas of the state.
• Enterprise Zone Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Tax Credit
  This tax credit encourages businesses in economically distressed communities to offer health insurance coverage to their employees.
• Enterprise Zone Investment Tax Credit
  This tax credit encourages enterprise zone businesses to invest in business personal property.
• Enterprise Zone Job Training Tax Credit
  This tax credit helps businesses develop a skilled workforce in distressed communities.
• Enterprise Zone New Employee Tax Credit
  This tax credit helps businesses in distressed communities add employees to their workforce.
• Enterprise Zone Program
  This program encourages development in economically distressed areas of the state through tax incentives.
• Enterprise Zone Redesignation
• Enterprise Zone Research and Development Tax Credit
  This tax credit helps businesses invest in research and development through a tax credit.
• Enterprise Zone Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Manufacturing and Mining
  This tax exemption expands the Manufacturing Sales and Use Tax Exemption.
• Enterprise Zone Vacant Commercial Building Rehabilitation Tax Credit
  This tax credit helps businesses redevelop commercial property and rehabilitate vacant buildings.
• Freight Rail Tax Credit
  The Freight Rail Tax Credit incentivizes freight dependent businesses’ use of certain rail lines in Colorado.
• HB 22-1418 - Extension of Certain Unused Tax Credits
  OEDIT is seeking stakeholder input on HB22-1418 Extension Of Certain Unused Tax Credits concerning the extension of the period for which unused and expiring colorado Job Growth Incentive (JGTIC) and Enterprise Zone (EZ) income tax credits may be carried forward to subsequent years.
• Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit
  This tax credit is an eight-year job creation incentive to support competitive, multi-state, or country relocation and expansion projects.
• Opportunity Now Tax Credits
  The Opportunity Now Tax Credit was created by House Bill 24-1365 to encourage workforce development in industries impacted by IIJA, IRA and/or CHIPS. This refundable tax credit provides financial assistance for facility improvements and/or equipment acquisition costs associated with training programs designed to alleviate workforce shortages.
• Partner Outreach Program
  The Partner Outreach Program supports our initiative to ensure that everyone in the state learns about and has access to the various capital and technical assistance programs available from OEDIT. In addition to the committed outreach conducted by our established partners, OEDIT partners with smaller community organizations that have strong ties to members of historically underserved communities in urban and rural Colorado.
• Rural Jump-Start Program
  This grant and tax credit helps new businesses start in or move into rural, economically distressed areas and hire new employees.