C.R.S. Section 39-26-103.5
Qualified purchaser

  • direct payment permit number
  • qualifications

(1)

The executive director of the department of revenue may issue a direct payment permit number to any person that submits an application to the executive director demonstrating that:

(a)

For the preceding twelve-month period, such person has purchased in Colorado in the aggregate at least seven million dollars of commodities, services, or tangible personal property that are subject to the tax imposed by this article. Purchases of commodities or tangible personal property to be erected upon or affixed to real property, including, but not limited to, building and construction materials and fixtures, shall be excluded from the aggregate total of purchases of commodities, services, or tangible personal property described in this paragraph (a).

(b)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(I)

Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, if such person has been subject to the collection, remittance, or reporting requirements imposed by this article or any other article in this title administered by the department of revenue for the preceding three years, such person timely filed the required returns and timely remitted the tax shown due on such returns during said three-year period; or

(II)

If such person has been subject to the collection, remittance, or reporting requirements imposed by this article or any other article in this title administered by the department of revenue for less than the three preceding years, for the period beginning on the date when such person became subject to such requirements, such person timely filed the required returns and timely remitted the tax shown due on such returns; and

(c)

Such person has in place an accounting system, acceptable to the executive director of the department of revenue, that will enable the department to fully and accurately collect and allocate to municipalities, counties, and other local taxing entities all sales taxes that the department collects for such municipalities, counties, and other local taxing entities.

(2)

The executive director may waive the requirements of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section if the person submitting the application can show that any failure to comply with such collection, remittance, or reporting requirements was due to reasonable cause.

(3)

Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall be construed to require that a person must be subject to the collection, remittance, or reporting requirements imposed by this article in order to obtain a direct payment permit number.

(4)

A person shall become a qualified purchaser upon receipt of a direct payment permit number.

(5)

A direct payment permit number shall be in force and effect until December 31 of the third year following the year in which it is issued, unless sooner revoked. Such permit number shall be granted or renewed only upon the filing of an application stating the information described in subsection (1) of this section.

(6)

The executive director of the department of revenue may revoke the direct payment permit number of a qualified purchaser that has violated any provision of this article. The executive director shall give a notice of revocation to such qualified purchaser by first-class mail pursuant to section 39-21-105.5. Any such revocation may be appealed by the qualified purchaser within thirty days of receipt of the notice of revocation together with a request for a hearing on such revocation before the executive director or the executive director’s designee. The executive director shall promulgate rules specifying the procedures for a revocation appeal hearing. A revocation appeal hearing shall take place within a reasonable time after receipt of the request for hearing by the executive director. The executive director shall issue a finding upholding the revocation or reinstating the direct payment permit number within a reasonable time after the revocation appeal hearing.

Source: Section 39-26-103.5 — Qualified purchaser - direct payment permit number - qualifications, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-39.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

39‑26‑101
Short title 39‑26‑102
Definitions 39‑26‑102.5
Change of references from “Internal Revenue Code of 1954” to “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” 39‑26‑103
Licenses - fee - revocation - definition 39‑26‑103.5
Qualified purchaser - direct payment permit number - qualifications 39‑26‑104
Property and services taxed - definitions 39‑26‑105
Vendor liable for tax - definitions - repeal 39‑26‑105.2
Remittance of tax - GIS - vendor held harmless - requirements of GIS database - rules - definition 39‑26‑105.3
Remittance of tax - electronic database - vendor held harmless - repeal 39‑26‑105.4
Remittance of tax - determination of address - dealer held harmless 39‑26‑105.5
Remittance of sales taxes - electronic funds transfers 39‑26‑106
Schedule of sales tax 39‑26‑107
Rules and regulations 39‑26‑108
Tax cannot be absorbed 39‑26‑109
Reports of vendor 39‑26‑111
Credit sales 39‑26‑112
Excess tax - remittance - repeal 39‑26‑113
Collection of sales tax - motor vehicles - off-highway vehicles - exemption - process for motor vehicles sold at auction - exception - definition 39‑26‑113.5
Refund of state sales taxes for vehicles used in interstate commerce - fund 39‑26‑115
Deficiency due to negligence 39‑26‑116
Record of sales 39‑26‑117
Tax lien - exemption from lien 39‑26‑118
Recovery of taxes, penalty, and interest - repeal 39‑26‑119
License and tax additional 39‑26‑120
False or fraudulent return, statement - penalty 39‑26‑121
Penalty 39‑26‑122
Administration 39‑26‑122.5
Collection of sales tax - enhanced efficiencies - intergovernmental agreements with local governments - legislative declaration 39‑26‑123
Receipts - disposition - transfers of general fund surplus - sales tax holding fund - creation - definitions 39‑26‑124
Applicability to banks 39‑26‑125
Limitations 39‑26‑126
Legislative finding as to revenues for old age pension fund 39‑26‑127
Legislation modifying the state sales tax base - no impact on local government sales tax bases - no expansion of local authority to levy sales tax 39‑26‑128
Uniform sales and use tax base - definition 39‑26‑129
Refund for property used in rural broadband service - legislative declaration - definitions 39‑26‑201
Definitions 39‑26‑202
Authorization of tax 39‑26‑204
Periodic return - collection 39‑26‑204.5
Remittance of tax - electronic database - retailer held harmless - repeal 39‑26‑204.6
Remittance of tax - determination of address - motor vehicle dealer held harmless 39‑26‑205
Tax constitutes lien - exemption from lien 39‑26‑206
Failure to make return 39‑26‑207
Penalty interest on unpaid tax 39‑26‑208
Collection of use tax - motor vehicles 39‑26‑209
Rules and regulations 39‑26‑210
Limitations 39‑26‑211
Applicability to banks 39‑26‑212
Legislation modifying the state use tax base - no impact on local government use tax bases - no expansion of local authority to levy use tax 39‑26‑401
Definitions 39‑26‑402
Refund of state sales and use tax for biotechnology - application requirements and procedures 39‑26‑701
Definitions 39‑26‑702
Department of revenue - rules 39‑26‑703
Disputes and refunds - repeal 39‑26‑704
Miscellaneous sales tax exemptions - governmental entities - hotel residents - schools - exchange of property 39‑26‑705
Miscellaneous use tax exemptions - printers ink and newsprint - manufactured goods 39‑26‑706
Miscellaneous sales and use tax exemptions - internet access - refractory materials - precious metal bullion and coins 39‑26‑707
Food, meals, beverages, and packaging - definitions 39‑26‑708
Construction and building materials - legislative declaration - definition 39‑26‑709
Machinery and machine tools - definitions 39‑26‑710
Railroads - construction and building materials - tangible personal property - work equipment - rolling stock 39‑26‑711
Aircraft - tangible personal property 39‑26‑711.5
Aircraft - use outside state 39‑26‑711.8
Aircraft - use outside state - on-demand air carriers 39‑26‑711.9
Historic aircraft on loan for public display - definition 39‑26‑712
Trailers and trucks 39‑26‑713
Tangible personal property 39‑26‑714
Vending machines - definitions 39‑26‑715
Fuel and oil - definitions 39‑26‑716
Agriculture and livestock - special fuels - definitions 39‑26‑717
Drugs and medical and therapeutic devices - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal 39‑26‑718
Charitable organizations - association or organization of parents and teachers of public school students 39‑26‑719
Motor vehicles 39‑26‑720
Bingo equipment 39‑26‑721
Manufactured homes and tiny homes 39‑26‑723
Colorado wood products - repeal 39‑26‑724
Components used to produce energy from a renewable energy source - definitions 39‑26‑725
Sales related to a school - definitions 39‑26‑726
Medical marijuana - debilitating conditions and ability to purchase 39‑26‑727
Tribal exemption - motor vehicles - partial interest - definition - legislative declaration 39‑26‑728
Property for use in space flight - definitions 39‑26‑729
Retail sales of marijuana 39‑26‑730
Sales and use tax exemption forms - simplification - legislative declaration 39‑26‑731
Eligible decarbonizing building materials - tax preference performance statement - legislative declaration - definition - repeal 39‑26‑732
Heat pump systems - tax preference performance statement - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal 39‑26‑733
Residential energy storage systems - tax preference performance statement - legislative declaration - definition - repeal 39‑26‑734
Rebuilding from declared wildfire disaster - tax preference performance statement - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal 39‑26‑801
Legislative declaration 39‑26‑802
Sales and use tax simplification task force - creation 39‑26‑802.5
Sales and use tax simplification - request for information 39‑26‑802.7
Electronic sales and use tax simplification system - sourcing method - implementation - legislative intent - definitions 39‑26‑802.9
Retailers without physical presence or with only incidental physical presence in local taxing jurisdictions - streamlined application process and no fee for local general business license - legislative declaration - definitions 39‑26‑803
Gifts, grants, or donations 39‑26‑804
Repeal of part
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Current through Fall 2024

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