Posts Tagged ‘internet sales tax’

How HB1193 has affected online business owners in and out of Colorado

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

On this show, Caron Notarmuzi of the Colorado Revenue Department and I discussed how the changes in the law of Colorado affect retailers both inside and outside of Colorado as well as the consumers.  We also discussed who has to comply and what are the reasons for complying, and how the new law affects the way consumers and retailers do business in Colorado.  Some businesses have been negatively impacted by this new law although from the discussion, there seems to be some confusion as to why some affiliate service providers acted in removing Colorado affiliates.  Listen in to the show to find out more.  We answered these and more questions:

Question 1:    How does HB 2010-1193 affect out-of-state retailers?
Question 2:    How does HB 2010-1193 affect businesses physically located in Colorado?
Question 3:    What is the effective date?
Question 4:    What are the penalties for non-compliance?
Question 5:    What should Colorado purchasers do when they have not been charged sales tax by out-of-state retailers?
Question 6:    Who is ultimately held responsible for collecting/paying sales/use tax – i.e. vendors/consumers?

Question 11:    What was HB-1193 about
Question 12:    Are tax classes available to out of state businesses
Question 13:    myths: Internet Sales myths

The Sales Tax Implications of Your Online Business

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

This show discusses the tax implications of your online business when you are doing business within the State of Colorado. Listen in to where you can find more information and the schedule of free classes.

In this show, we interview Caron Notarmuzi of the State of Colorado.

Caron Notarmuzi is the Taxpayer Service Division Trainer at the Colorado Department of Revenue. Caron conducts many “live” classes every week for business owners in Colorado, those who prepare sales/use tax returns for Colorado businesses, and out-of-state businesses doing business in Colorado on the laws surrounding sales and use taxes. There are many different class offerings since some laws only pertain to certain businesses/industries.

Some of the questions that were covered include:

Question 1: Are all businesses required to get a sales tax license for sales in Colorado including those who only sell via the Internet?
Question 2: Do businesses only need one sales tax license for all sales transactions that take place in Colorado?
Question 3: Do businesses collect sales tax when deliveries are shipped out of the state?
Question 4: How do businesses get a sales tax license and what are the fees?
Question 5: What sales tax rates are applied to sales tax transactions in Colorado (i.e. what is the “point of taxation” in Colorado?)
Question 6: Are all sales taxes collected remitted to the Department of Revenue for all jurisdictions?
Question 7: How do businesses figure out what their combined sales tax rate is for their business and is that rate applied to all their locations if they have more than one location?
Question 8: What resources are available to the public?
Question 9: for out of state companies how can they find out
Question 10: What to do if you haven’t collected sales tax.
Question 11: When are the Sales Tax Classes?