Tax and Licensing Division 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Fifth Floor – Aurora, CO 80012 303-739-7800 – finance@auroragov.org
	Sales Tax Rate	Effective 1/1/2009
		Arapahoe	Adams	Douglas
	City of Aurora	3.75 percent	3.75 percent	3.75 percent
	State	2.90 percent	2.90 percent	2.90 percent
	RTD	1.00 percent	1.00 percent	1.00 percent
	Cultural	0.10 percent	0.10 percent	0.10 percent
	Sports Stadium	0.10 percent	0.10 percent	0.10 percent
	County	0.25 percent	0.75 percent	1.00 percent
	TOTAL	8.10 percent	8.60 percent	8.85 percent
Print a Tax Return Download a Sales & Use Tax Return form. (PDF) Sales and Use Tax Online Aurora offers online sales and use tax return processing. Click on this link for more information. Determine if an Address is Located Within the City of Aurora Click on this link for help in verifying if an address is within the Aurora city limits. When to File a Tax Return Monthly if the tax is more than $300 per month. Quarterly if the tax is less than $300 per month. Annually if the tax is less than $15 per month. Tax Return Due Date Monthly: Due the 20th of the month following the taxable month. Quarterly: Due the 20th of the month following the taxable quarter. Annually: Due the 20th of the month following the taxable year. Aurora sales tax applies to the retail sale or rental of all tangible personal property. It also applies to the retail sale of certain services that are listed below: Tax on Services Gas and electric services Telecommunication and cable television services Most freight and delivery charges Damage waiver charge as part of a rental or lease charge Recreational services, including but not limited to: o Pool and billiards o Golf o Bowling o Coin-operated amusement devices o Skating o Tennis Sales Tax Exemptions Exemptions include but are not limited to: Sales of motor vehicles registered outside of the city Sales of farm implements Sales delivered outside the city Sales of gasoline & special fuels which are subject to the state gasoline and special fuel tax (C.R.S. 39-27-101 et seq.) Sales of cigarettes Sales of insulin, prescription drugs and prosthetic devices Sales of food for domestic home consumption Sales to the U.S. Government, the state of Colorado and the city of Aurora, their departments, institutions and political subdivisions, in their government capacities only Sales to religious and charitable organizations, in the conduct of their regular religious and charitable functions and activities. (State tax exempt numbers are required.) NOTE: With the exception of recreational events, tax-exempt organizations are responsible for collecting sales tax on all items sold.