File a Sales Tax Return

File a 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. This form is found below.

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, 2021 - current

• Instructions for City of Colorado Springs Sales and/or Use Tax Return
• 3.07% Sales and Use Tax Return
• 3.07% Sales and Use Tax Return in Spanish

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
• 3.12% Sales and Use Tax Return in Spanish

Support Documentation for Tax Return

• Schedule B, Use Tax Detail Report
• Additional Schedule C for Consolidated Accounts

Consumer Use Tax Return (non construction)

• 3.07% Consumer Use Tax Return, for purchases invoiced January 1, 2021 and after
• 3.12% Consumer Use Tax Return, for purchases invoiced December 31, 2020 & prior

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.
• 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.