{"place":"Colorado Springs, CO","kind":"city","asOf":"2026-10-07","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/colorado-springs-co","state":{"code":"CO","name":"Colorado","slug":"colorado","incomeTax":{"type":"flat","flatRate2026":4.4,"lowestRate2026":null,"topRate2026":null,"topRateStartsSingle":null,"notes":"The statutory rate is 4.40% (Proposition 121, starting tax year 2022), and the 2026 DR 0104EP worksheet figures estimated tax at 4.4%. Under SB24-228 (tax years 2024 through 2034), the rate can be temporarily lowered for a tax year when TABOR surplus revenue passes set thresholds. The 2026 estimated tax form does not reflect any reduction for 2026.","source":"https://tax.colorado.gov/individual-income-tax-FAQ"},"estimatedTax":{"form":"DR 0104EP","rule":"You generally must pay estimated tax if you expect to owe more than $1,000 in net Colorado tax for 2026 after withholding and credits. The required annual payment is the smaller of 70% of your 2026 tax or 100% of your 2025 tax (110% if your 2025 federal AGI was over $150,000).","schedule":"Same dates as federal: April 15, June 15, and September 15, 2026, and January 15, 2027.","source":"https://tax.colorado.gov/sites/tax/files/documents/DR_0104EP_2026.pdf"},"minimumWage2026":{"standard":15.16,"tippedCash":12.14,"tipCreditAllowed":true,"notes":"The maximum tip credit is $3.02. Local 2026 minimums: Denver $19.29 ($16.27 tipped), Edgewater $18.17 ($13.50 tipped), City of Boulder $16.82 ($13.80 tipped), and unincorporated Boulder County $16.82. CDLE announced on August 13, 2026 that the state rate rises to $15.71 ($12.69 tipped) in 2027.","source":"https://cdle.colorado.gov/dlss"},"soleProprietorTaxes":[],"contractorLaws":[{"name":"Unemployment insurance independent contractor test (C.R.S. 8-70-115)","summary":"A worker is presumed to be in covered employment unless shown to be free from control and direction and customarily engaged in an independent trade or business related to the work. A signed written contract with the statutory clauses and a bold disclosure (no unemployment benefits; contractor pays own income taxes) creates a rebuttable presumption of independent contractor status.","source":"https://cdle.colorado.gov/independent-contractors"},{"name":"Delivery network company driver protections (HB24-1129, C.R.S. 8-4-126)","summary":"Since January 1, 2025, delivery apps must show drivers and customers what the customer paid and what the driver receives, along with delivery distances. They must pass through 100% of tips and cannot cut base pay because of a tip. They must also publish a written deactivation policy with a challenge process and give drivers at least 60 seconds to accept an offer.","source":"https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1129"},{"name":"Transportation network company transparency (SB24-075, C.R.S. 8-4-127)","summary":"Rideshare companies must tell drivers and riders what the rider paid and what the driver was paid. Since June 1, 2025, they must follow a written deactivation and suspension policy with a reconsideration process, and starting October 1, 2025, a state-certified driver support organization can represent drivers in deactivation and suspension cases.","source":"https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-075"}],"notes":"Colorado's estimated-tax safe harbor is 70% of the current year's tax, lower than the federal 90%. soleProprietorTaxes is empty because we did not verify any state-level franchise, gross receipts, or privilege tax that applies to small sole proprietors."},"stateRetirementProgram":{"state":"Colorado","code":"CO","programName":"Colorado SecureSavings","status":"active","employerMandate":"Employers with 5+ employees, in business 2+ years, with no qualified retirement plan","mandateMin":5,"keyDates":"Launched January 2023. Registration waves closed March 15, 2023 (50+), May 15, 2023 (15–49) and June 30, 2023 (5–14). Newly eligible employers are notified individually.","covers1099":false,"selfEnroll":"yes","sourceUrl":"https://coloradosecuresavings.com","note":"One secondary source gives the 50+ deadline as March 30, 2023; the program-derived sources say March 15, 2023. The program help centre confirms self-enrolment for anyone 18+ with earned income employed in Colorado.","lastVerified":"2026-09-09"},"city":{"slug":"colorado-springs-co","name":"Colorado Springs","stateCode":"CO","county":"El Paso County","population":494743,"populationYear":2025,"localIncomeTax":{"applies":false,"note":"Colorado allows city occupational privilege (head) taxes, but they are levied by Denver-area cities such as Denver, Glendale, Greenwood Village and Sheridan; none was found for Colorado Springs.","source":"https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-income-tax-rates-2026"},"localBusinessTaxes":[{"name":"City of Colorado Springs sales and use tax","summary":"Retailers doing business in the city must hold a city Sales & Use Tax License and collect the 3.07% city sales tax (in effect since Jan. 1, 2021). Colorado Springs collects its own tax, so returns are filed with the city through its GenTax portal rather than with the state.","source":"https://coloradosprings.gov/tax-applications-returns"}],"businessLicense":{"required":false,"summary":"No general business license; only the business types listed on the City Clerk's licensing site need one. Most home-based businesses do need a Home Occupation Permit from Planning and Development.","source":"https://coloradosprings.gov/smallbiz"},"gigLaws":[],"notes":"The city's Home Occupation Permit page tells home-based operators to check with the Sales Tax Division on whether a Sales Tax License is required (https://coloradosprings.gov/planning-and-development/page/home-occupation-permit). The 3.07% rate replaced 3.12% on Jan. 1, 2021, and the city lists it as current. The finding that the city has no occupational privilege tax relies on the Tax Foundation (a secondary source); no official statewide list of OPT cities was found. No city gig-worker ordinance was found.","populationSource":"https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025.csv"},"guides":[{"audience":"consultants","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/colorado-springs-co/consultants"},{"audience":"freelancers","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/colorado-springs-co/freelancers"},{"audience":"content-creators","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/colorado-springs-co/content-creators"},{"audience":"entrepreneurs","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/colorado-springs-co/entrepreneurs"},{"audience":"gig-workers","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/colorado-springs-co/gig-workers"},{"audience":"tipped-workers","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/colorado-springs-co/tipped-workers"},{"audience":"tradespeople","url":"https://gigaverse.ai/local/colorado-springs-co/tradespeople"}],"disclaimer":"Educational information for 2026, not tax, legal or investment advice. Sources are cited per fact."}