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Colorado: Does the state have a sales-tax-free weekend?
No tax-free period
Colorado has no state sales tax holiday; back-to-school holiday bills failed in 2024 and 2026.
A 2024 legislative fiscal note says Colorado has no state sales tax holiday. Bills to create back-to-school holidays failed in May 2024 (HB24-1027) and May 2026 (HB26-1048). The 2024 statement is assumed to still hold because no holiday law was found since. Cities, counties and special districts also levy sales taxes; this record covers only the state tax.
What the law says
The state of Colorado does not administer any state sales tax holidays under current law.
Sources
- Colorado Legislative Council Staff, Fiscal Note HB 24-1027 (Jan. 31, 2024) Official · content.leg.colorado.gov
- Colorado General Assembly: HB26-1048 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday (Lost) Official · leg.colorado.gov
- Colorado General Assembly: HB24-1027 (Lost) Official · leg.colorado.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Colorado Department of Revenue, Taxation Division
- Website
- tax.colorado.gov
How bordering states compare
- Arizona No tax-free periodArizona has no sales tax holiday; its transaction privilege tax applies year-round with no tax-free period found.
- Kansas No tax-free periodKansas has a 6.5% state sales tax and no sales tax holiday.
- Nebraska No tax-free periodNo. Nebraska charges a 5.5% state sales tax and has no sales tax holiday.
- New Mexico Has a tax-free periodNew Mexico holds an annual back-to-school gross receipts tax holiday over a weekend in late July or early August.
- Oklahoma Has a tax-free periodOklahoma holds a sales tax holiday on the first weekend of August for clothing and footwear priced under $100.
- Utah No tax-free periodUtah has a statewide sales tax but no sales tax holiday.
- Wyoming No tax-free periodWyoming has a statewide sales tax but no sales tax holiday.