El Paso County is working with the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments (PPACG) to distribute additional relief funding locally, through a new grant program, the 2021 Pikes Peak Small Business COVID-19 Relief Program. Grant awards will be a maximum…
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City of Colorado Springs Sales Tax Rate Change
In Colorado Springs, the total combined sales and use tax rate will be lowered from 8.25% to 8.20% starting 1/1/2021: 3.07% City of Colorado Springs (city collected) 2.9% State of Colorado (state collected) 1.23% El Paso County (state collected) 1.0%…
Connect for Health Colorado
HB20-1236, which was recently signed into law, creates a program that will allow Coloradans to ask on their state income tax returns for Connect for Health Colorado (Exchange) to assess whether uninsured household members are potentially eligible for free or…
Colorado Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Colorado’s Division of Workers’ Compensation requires workers’ compensation insurance for all Colorado employers with at least one employee (even if the one employee is you, the owner). Workers’ compensation insurance protects businesses and employees from the costs of a workplace…
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Converting an LLC to an S Corporation
Maybe your business situation has changed and now you need to change your entity from a Limited Liability Company to an S Corporation. Below are 2 options for converting your LLC to an S Corporation: –Change ONLY the tax status…
S Corporation Taxes
Much like owners of a partnership, shareholders of an S-corporation are taxed on their allocated share of the business’s profits — no matter whether or not those profits were actually distributed to them. The main reason for being recognized as…
S Corporations
An “S Corporation” is a for profit corporation which elects to be treated as an S Corporation. S Corporations typically do not pay taxes and instead file an informational return Form 1120S showing net profit or loss which flows through…
Survive and Thrive COS
Survive & Thrive COS provides funding in the form of low-interest loans of up to $25,000, to support resiliency and continue building healthy businesses and nonprofits. There are no stipulations for what the money can be used. ELIGIBILITY For profit…
Colorado Income Tax Deadline
Colorado extended the income tax payment deadline for Colorado taxpayers until July 15, 2020 without penalty or interest. It applies to any income tax payment, regardless of the amount. The state is not imposing any caps on the amount of…
NEW IRS Charitable Contribution Regulations
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today issued final regulations that require taxpayers to reduce their charitable contribution deductions by the amount of any state or local tax credits they receive or expect to receive…
