Coalition Updates:
Legislators favor lighter touch to regulating business audits contracted by cities | The Sum and Substance (tsscolorado.com) - Oct. 2, 2024
Latest Developments from the Sales and Use Tax Taskforce – Colorado Chamber of Commerce (cochamber.com) - Sept. 26, 2024
Legislators considering bills to reduce "trigger audits" | The Sum and Substance (tsscolorado.com) - Sept. 18, 2024
Colorado must simplify sales & use tax system for state small biz | OPINION - June 21, 2024
New laws aim to simplify Colorado’s “insane” sales-and-use-tax system - June 5, 2024
Colorado investing to try to improve one-stop sales-tax remittance portal | The Sum and Substance (tsscolorado.com) – July 25, 2023
Simplifying Colorado’s Sales Tax System — One Success at a Time - ColoradoBiz Magazine (cobizmag.com) – May 24, 2023
Delivery fee no longer applies to small businesses | News | coloradopolitics.com – May 11, 2023
Colorado Senate unanimously passes bill curtailing collection of delivery fees | Colorado | thecentersquare.com – March 6, 2023
Measure to modify Colorado's retail delivery fee makes progress at Capitol - Denver Business Journal (bizjournals.com) – March 6, 2023
Polis signs law fixing Colorado retail delivery fee | The Sum and Substance (tsscolorado.com) – May 5, 2023
Businesses poised to get relief from retail delivery fee | The Sum and Substance (tsscolorado.com) – March 3, 2023
Untangling the retail delivery fee | SLOAN | Opinion | coloradopolitics.com – Feb. 24, 2023
The next step in simplifying the sales tax (coloradopolitics.com) – Feb. 2, 2023
Colorado Retail Sale Tax and Fee Update 2022 - CIPA (cipabooks.com) – Oct. 12, 2022
Aurora and Denver look to ban taxing government fees - CBS Colorado (cbsnews.com) – August 1, 2022
Taxing a fee: Some Colorado cities profit from controversial state delivery fee – July 15, 2022
Colorado businesses say new retail delivery fee hurts them more than Amazon, DoorDash - July 14, 2022
Confusion, frustration over Colorado’s 27 cent retail delivery fee - July 13, 2022
New Colorado retail delivery fee causing issues for small businesses - July 7, 2022
Coloradans will pay 27 cent fee on most deliveries, effective - July 5, 2022
In Colorado, a delivery fee is now included on all deliveries, and cities like Aurora are taxing it. – July 13, 2022
Confusion swirls as Colorado imposes new retail delivery fee, catching businesses by surprise – July 9, 2022
SLOAN | Insult to injury for everyday Coloradans - July 7, 2022
When Is enough, enough with taxes and fees? - July 6, 2022
Coloradans now paying more for Uber, Amazon and DoorDash - Axios Denver – July 1, 2022
Group says new retail delivery fee will pose 'a significant burden' on Colorado business operations - June 28, 2022
House committee clears bill extending small business exception from destination sourcing tax law - January 27, 2022
Capitol Business Preview: Legislature expected to delay sales tax switch - January 24, 2022
‘Simplify Colorado Sales Tax’ Celebrates Passage of HB 20-1022 - June 12, 2020
Armstrong: Sales tax rules harm business, undermine COVID effort - May 4, 2020
Coalition Applauds Vendor Selections for Online Portal To ‘Simplify Colorado Sales Tax’
Simplify Tax Coalition’s Board President Tony Gagliardi talks to 850 KOA about Small Businesses and Internet Sales Tax - June 5, 2019
Polis signs law to create program simplifying Colorado's sales-tax system - April 12, 2019
Will Colorado be ready for its own emergency ruling (by Judy Vorndran, TaxOps) - October 1, 2018
Legislation passes directing Department of Revenue to Issue Request for Information – February 2018
Bill Passes to Set Up a Legislative-Directed Task Force - June 2017
Colorado:
Polis signs Colorado House Bill 1027 delaying sales-tax change for Colorado's smallest retailers - Denver Business Journal- February 1, 2022
Colorado changing tax-calculation system for all businesses on July 1- Denver Business Journal - February 19, 2021
Fort Collins Allows Qualified Businesses to Defer Sales Tax Payments for 60 Days - North Forty News - April 6, 2020
Cities, counties and districts add sales tax laws after Wayfair - Accounting Today - March 9, 2020
Durango firm to build tax website for state of Colorado - Durango Herald - February 2, 2020
State moving ahead on businesses paying taxes online - Colorado Politics - February 7, 2020
Bill aims to help Colorado businesses navigate tax codes (and here's how you can, too) - 9 News - February 13, 2019
Help is on the way for Colorado small businesses tormented by the sales tax by Representative Tracy Kraft-Tharp - Colorado Politics - February 13, 2019
It's time to simplify sales taxes in Colorado by Senator Jack Tate - The Villager - February 13, 2019
Legislators tee up potential sales-tax solution for small Colorado businesses reliant on online sales - Denver Business Journal - January 11, 2019
Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp and Sen. Angela Williams will introduce a bill Friday authorizing the state to buy new sale tax collection software platform - Denver Post - January 4, 2019
THE PODIUM: Thanks for the reprieve – now let’s simplify Colorado’s sales tax - Colorado Politics - December 26, 2018
Colorado Business Roundtable Interview - COBRT - December 4, 2018
Viewpoint: Colorado shouldn't enforce new sales tax until collection system is fixed - Denver Business Journal - November 30, 2018
Colorado’s labyrinth of sales-tax rules confounds the state’s businesses - Colorado Politics - November 26, 2018
Colorado Announces Online Sales Tax Collection Starting November 1, 2018 - Tax Foundation - September 11, 2018
Colorado Business Roundtable Interview - COBRT - January 2018
Colorado has one of the most complicated sales tax systems in the country. Here’s why that’s so hard to change. - Denver Post - June 5, 2017
Hickenlooper approves bills that impact businesses - Denver Business Journal - June 10, 2016
Audit: Colorado Revenue mistakes cost cities, customers $7.1 million - Denver Business Journal - Dec. 7, 2015
Are you a Colorado use tax felon? - Complete Colorado - July 6, 2015
Editorial: Tax collectors don't get a pass - Colorado Springs Gazette - April 30, 2015
Guest Commentary: Tax appeal hurdle hurts small businesses in Colorado - Denver Post - April 28, 2015
Denver clears up sales tax on custom software development - Denver Post - November 5, 2014
Denver's tax on web and app development draws ire from software execs - Denver Post - June 22, 2014
Colorado Sales Tax Collection: The "Local" Headache - Colorado Society of CPAs May/June 2014
National:
Sales-Tax Ruling Strains Small Online Sellers - Wall Street Journal - December 29, 2019
Holiday Wish List: U.S. States Count on Extra Online Sales Tax to Boost Budget - US News - November 21, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court rules online shoppers can be forced to pay sales tax - Denver Post - June 21, 2018
Supreme Court Decides Wayfair Online Sales Tax Case - Tax Foundation - June 21, 2018
Supreme Court's Quill And Wayfair Cases Explained - Forbes - June 27, 2018
Gov. Pence's Plan Gets It Right On Sales Tax Simplification - Forbes - February 5, 2015