Sales Tax Summary for Travelers to Colorado

Colorado State Sales Tax: 2.9%

In some counties, there is also a lodging tax: the lodging tax can range from under 0.9% to 4%.

Colorado Exemption Procedures

For Colorado organizations application must be made using form DR 0715 Colorado Application for Sales Tax Exemption
A Certificate of Exemption will be issued if approved for Exempt status

Both the state sales and county lodging taxes are waived for out of state, tax exempt institutions.

Purchases must be paid for with a check or credit card in the name of the exempt organization.


Colorado Application Forms

Form DR0715 Application for Sales Tax Exemption for Colorado Institutions
http://www.revenue.state.co.us/PDF/dr0715.pdf

The State of Colorado allows out of state tax exempt organizations to use the exemption certificate of their
home state taxing authority when doing business with Colorado vendors.

No advance notice is required by the Colorado Department of Revenue, nor is there a form that needs to be filled out.


Hotel Instructions
  1. Network Hotels: Participating 501(c)(3) institutions will be pre-enrolled at all CTM Network
    hotels for purposes of sales tax waiver. Should traveler lose or forget tax exempt documentation,
    CTM back-up copies will be available.

  2. Out-of-Network Hotels: Participating 501(c)(3) institutions will not be enrolled at Out-of Network hotels.
    Should traveler lose or forget tax exempt documentation, CTM cannot guarantee waiver of sales tax.