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SALES TAX RETURN INSTRUCTIONS
LINE 1: Enter the total amount of money received from all sales and services. Do not include the amount of sales tax collected.
LINE 2A: Enter additions to gross sales, for example the total amount of bad debts collected that were previously deducted or the costs of items
furnished during the course of providing a service on which sales tax was not charged or previously paid to the Town.
LINE 2B: Total of line 1 and line 2A.
LINE 3A: Enter the amount of non-taxable services or labor.
LINE 3B: Enter the amount of sales to other licensed dealers for purposes of taxable resale. You must obtain a copy of the purchaser’s current State
sales tax license and retain their license number as backup to this deduction.
LINE 3C: Enter the amount of sales delivered to a location outside the Town of Parker. To verify an address with the Town please use the online
address locator at www.parkeronline.org/salestax or contact our division via email, phone, or fax.
LINE 3D: Enter the amount of current bad debts on which Town tax was previously paid.
LINE 3E: Enter trade-ins received for taxable resale.
LINE 3F: Enter total sales of cigarettes and gasoline.
LINE 3G: Enter sales to governmental, religious, and charitable organizations. You must obtain a copy of the purchaser’s State certificate of exemption
and retain their exemption number as backup to this deduction. Colorado exemption numbers begin with a 98-xxxxx-xxxx.
LINE 3H: Enter the amount of current period returned goods on which tax was collected this period. Returns received for prior periods, which exceed
current period sales and cause taxable sales to be reported as a negative amount, must be reported on an amended return for the prior period.
LINE 3I: Enter the amount of prescription drugs/prosthetic devices sold for human use. The Town does not exempt prescription drugs/prosthetic
devices for animals.
LINE 3J: Enter the amount of food purchased with food stamp/WIC vouchers. The Town taxes all food for home consumption as well as all food for
immediate consumption. This deduction is only for food items purchased using food stamps or WIC vouchers.
LINE 3K: Enter the amount of other deductions authorized by the Town. Provide a brief description of the deduction.
LINE 3: Total deductions, line 3A – 3K.
LINE 4: Enter net taxable sales & services. Subtract the total line 3 from line 2
LINE 5A: Enter amount of Town tax due, line 4 x 3.0%.
LINE 5B: Enter the amount of sales subject to lodging tax times the lodging tax rate of 3.0%. Lodging tax is in addition to the sales tax due on these
sales.
LINE 6: Add excess tax collected. If sales taxes collected during the reporting period exceed the amount calculated on Line 4 you must report and
remit the excess on this line.
LINE 7: Net adjusted sales tax, the total of lines 5, and 6.
LINE 8: Enter the deduction for vendor's fee allowed, which is 3.33% of line 8. There is a maximum allowable deduction of $200.00. NO VENDOR
FEE IS ALLOWED ON LATE RETURNS.
LINE 9: Enter total sales tax due, line 7 minus line 8.
LINE 10: Enter total construction and building materials purchases reported on Schedule B.
LINE 11: Enter the amount of use tax due on construction and building materials, line 10 x 3.0%.
LINE 12: Enter total sales and use tax due, line 9 plus line 11.
LINE 13: Enter the total penalty & interest on line 13. Returns are due the 20 ofththe month following the reporting period. Penalty is calculated as the
greater of $10.00 or 15% of the total sales tax due. Interest is calculated at a rate of 1.5% per month late times the total sales tax due. The
Town has established a penalty and interest calculator to assist in calculating the correct amount due. Access this calculator at
www.parkeronline.org/salestax.
LINE 14: Enter total tax, penalty and interest due to the Town, add lines 12 and 13.
LINE 15: Enter prior period adjustments for over or underpayments. Examples include prior period overpayments summarized on a Notice of Credit
Balance or prior period underpayments summarized on a Notice of Deficiency. Be sure to include documentation of the over or
underpayment with your tax return form so that the Town can verify accuracy of the adjustment.
LINE 16: Total due and payable to the Town of Parker. Add lines 14, and 15. Make your check payable to the Town of Parker. Please ensure the
amount on line 16 matches the amount remitted to the Town.
SALE OF A BUSINESS
If your business has been sold to a new owner, sales tax may be due on the selling price of the tangible personal
property assets, except for inventory to be resold. Report the taxable sales amount and tax due on the Sales Tax
Return for Purchase of a Business. A copy of the sale/purchase agreement must be included when filing the
return. See Municipal Code Section 4.03.030 definition of “Sale or sale and purchase” for a list of types of
business sales that are not subject to sales tax. The Sales Tax Return for Purchase of a Business can be found
online at www.parkeronline.org/salestax.
Rev. 3.9.2016
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