By state
Short-term rental taxes in Colorado
What you charge guests, who remits it, and what you have to hold.
This is the state layer only
What a guest actually pays is stacked, and Colorado is only the bottom of the stack. On top of it can sit a county tax, a city tax, and special purpose districts that most owners have never heard of until they get a notice: tourism improvement districts, transit districts, convention and stadium districts, resort areas.
Then there are the layers that are not tax at all but still govern whether you can rent and what you must register. An HOA, a condo board, or a neighborhood covenant can cap nights, require its own registration, or prohibit short-term renting outright, whatever the city allows. Those rules are private, they do not appear in any government database, and they are the ones that most often catch an owner by surprise.
Two properties on opposite sides of the same Colorado street can owe different totals. The only way to know yours is to run the address.
Run the full report for your addressThe state layer
These apply across Colorado. Counties and cities add their own on top, which is where the totals diverge.
| Tax | Rate | Applies to | Confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Sales TaxColorado Department of Revenue | 2.9% | Applies to the total price including cleaning/other fees. | High | Source |
| State Local Marketing District (LMD) TaxColorado Department of Revenue | 1% | Applies to the total price including cleaning/other fees. | High | Source |
| State Local Special District Tax (RTD/CD/FD)Colorado Department of Revenue | 1.1% | Applies to total amount including cleaning/other fees. | High | Source |
Drawn from the Colorado jurisdictions researched so far. These are the statewide figures only. Open a city below, or run your own address, for the county, city and district layers that stack on top.
Researched in Colorado
Rates and rules change. Confirm with the taxing authority before you rely on any figure here.