Tax Returns
Tax Return
Sales and Use Tax Return
- You are responsible for filing a return by the due date.
- Returns must be filed even if no tax is due to city.
- Tax Rate (3.07%) effective January 1, 2021 -current
- Tax Rate (3.12%) effective January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2020
- Amended returns must be filed by mail. See the Amended Return tab.
Originator ID (debit block) number is 1522077581. If you have a debit block on your bank account please provide this number to your bank to allow the payment to be processed when using our online services.
Need to file by mail? Paper returns are available below
Sales and Use Tax Return January 1, 2023 – current
- Instructions Disposable Bag Fee Collection & Reporting
- 3.07% Sales and Use Tax Return (includes Disposable Bag Fee)
Sales and Use Tax Return January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022
- Instructions for City of Colorado Springs Sales and/or Use Tax Return
- 3.07% Sales and Use Tax Return
Sales and Use Tax Return January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2020
- Instructions for City of Colorado Springs Sales and/or Use Tax Return
- 3.12% Sales and Use Tax Return
Support Documentation for Tax Return
Consumer Use Tax Return
Consumer Use Tax Return (non-construction)
This form is not to be used for the purchase of construction materials.
This form must be filed if:
- You recently acquired a new retail sales tax license
- You recently acquired a new use tax-only account
- You are a Colorado Springs Resident and have not paid sales tax on your purchases
Use tax is a tax due on the purchase, lease, or rental of tangible personal property (excluding inventory for resale) and on certain services. The tax is due when no City of Colorado Springs sales tax was paid. Use Tax applies to the same type(s) of transactions as the sales tax, and at the same tax rate. The difference between the two: sales tax is paid to the seller of the item(s) who then remits the tax to the city; use tax is paid directly to the city. If you do not pay sales tax on the purchase of a taxable item, you pay city use tax.
Amended Return
File an Amended Return:
If you discover an error on a previously filed return, you should file an amended return. An amended return must be filed within three years of the original due date of the return filed.
You cannot amend or correct a prior tax period through our online services.
Amended Return
Singular Account Amendment, use this form if:
- My account is not licensed as a consolidated account.
- I am filing an amended return for my primary location; I do not have subsidiary locations.
- I do not report taxes using a Schedule C report.
- Click link: Instructions, Signature Page, Special Taxes & Amended Return
Consolidated Account Amendment, use this form if:
- My account is licensed as a consolidated account.
- I am filing an amended return for my primary location and/or subsidiary locations.
- I report my gross and net taxable sales for my primary and subsidiary locations by using a schedule C when I file taxes.
- Click link: Instructions, Signature Page, Special Taxes, Schedule C & Amended Return
If you owe additional tax, return the completed form, and check payable to The City of Colorado Springs, Sales Tax, PO Box 1575, Mail Code 225, Colorado Springs, CO 80901-1575.
If you have overpaid your tax, return the completed form along with any supporting documentation to The City of Colorado Springs, Sales Tax, PO Box 1575, Mail Code 225, Colorado Springs, CO 80901-1575.