Collect tax in Colorado
Learn how to use Stripe Tax to calculate, collect, and report tax in Colorado.
When to register for tax collection
See Thresholds to get insights about your potential tax registration obligations in Colorado. Stripe also notifies you with email and Dashboard alerts when you need to register to collect tax. Learn more about how the monitoring tool works.
Sellers who exceed the gross sales must register for a Colorado sales tax permit, collect sales tax on sales that ship to Colorado, and remit the sales tax to the state.
Threshold: 100,000 USD
Period: Previous or current year
Included transactions: Retail sales
Effective date: December 1, 2018
Other taxes
We also support:
- Colorado Retail Delivery Fee applies to businesses making retail deliveries of taxable tangible personal property to customers in Colorado. All motor vehicle deliveries that include at least one taxable item require this fee. There is no revenue threshold; all licensed retailers in Colorado must collect this fee, irrespective of their sales volume.
Register to collect tax
Read more about registering for sales tax in the US in our guide. You can also use Stripe to register on your behalf.
Register for sales tax in Colorado at the tax authority:
After you’ve registered to collect tax in Colorado, go to Registrations to add your registrations to Stripe in the Dashboard. This turns on tax calculation and collection in Stripe for your transactions in Colorado.
Learn how to add your registration in the Dashboard.
How we calculate taxes
Stripe calculates the taxes that apply to your customer’s location.
For businesses based in Colorado, Stripe calculates tax in all local jurisdictions that levy tax, including home rule cities. Home rule cities are cities that administer and collect their own sales tax.
For remote (out-of-state) businesses, Stripe calculates tax for all local jurisdictions that are state administered and the home rule cities that enacted a state-wide economic nexus threshold. This means that Stripe won’t calculate tax for the few home rule cities that haven’t adopted economic nexus.
Report and file your taxes
Stripe provides reports of your completed tax transactions. Go to Registrations to access these reports.
Exports
The tax transaction data export provides a comprehensive and aggregated view of transactions by location, including a breakdown of individual tax amounts. Learn more about tax reporting exports.
Location reports
Location reports offer a summary of transaction and refund data for specific US locations and align with Colorado filing requirements. You have the option to report on an annual, quarterly, or monthly basis.
Filing
You are responsible for filing and remitting your taxes to Colorado. Stripe doesn’t file taxes on your behalf. For automating filing in the US, we recommend using TaxJar’s AutoFile solution.