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Finance/Sales
Tax
GUIDELINES
PLEASE NOTE:
The deposit of $10.00 does not
guarantee the issuance of the sales tax license.
The City of Canon City Sales Tax License will be issued upon the
approval of the Finance Director.
Sales
Tax License Application
BASIC GUIDELINES FOR A CAÑON
CITY SALES TAX LICENSE
- A City Sales Tax license is
required for vendors who are selling, leasing, renting,
delivering, or installing tangible personal property for
storage, use, or consumption within the City limits.
- If the vendor will be selling
food, a copy of the state food license must be furnished.
Contact the Fremont County Health
Officer, Sid Darden, at the Fremont County Court House: 615 Macon Cañon
City, CO 81212 Phone: (719) 276-7361.
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For vendors who are purchasing
a current business, all sales tax returns and payments must be
current.
The reporting period for the sales tax return shall end on the
date of the transfer of ownership of the business. A final
sales tax return and any taxes owed are due ten days after
close of the old business.
If the old business does not pay the sales tax, it is the
purchaser's responsibility to pay the back sales taxes. (City
Code: 3.12.130)
- Any vendor who purchases a
business inside the City limits shall file an initial sales tax
return. Sales tax shall be due on tangible personal property
(tangible assets such as equipment, etc.), except inventory,
which is acquired with the purchase of the business. (City Code:
3.12.130)
- All Sales Tax Applications
must be approved by City Planning and Zoning.
- The Sales Tax License fee is
$10.00 per calendar year.
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SALES TAX RATES:
State:
2.9%
Fremont
County: 1.5%
Cañon
City: 2%
OTHER CITY LICENSES
If the vendor is
making a one time sale and/or outdoor retail sales, a Temporary Sales
Tax Application, Property Permission for Retail Sales, and an Outdoor
Retail Sales Permit must be completed.
Other licenses you may need include: amusement devices (jukeboxes, video
games, coin-operated rides), pawnbroker, liquor licenses, auction,
theater, junk dealer, skating rink/bowling alley, and pool/billiards.
Please contact the City Clerk or the Deputy City Clerk at City Hall
(719) 269-9011 for further information regarding these licenses.
The application for an outdoor, advertising (sign production) license is
made with the Code Enforcement Officer at City Hall (719)269-9011. |
