BoCo to offer use-tax rebates for fire rebuilding

BOULDER – Boulder County will offer up to $3,500 in use-tax rebates to residents rebuilding homes on their properties that were affected by the Marshall or Cal-Wood fires.

County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved the plan presented by the county’s Office of Financial Management.

Everyone who lost a home in either fire and is rebuilding on their affected property qualifies for the county’s use-tax rebate. The county estimates that the rebate will cover all or most of the county’s use tax for the majority of affected residents.

To claim the rebate, property owners must file building permits within three years of the fires:…