3DFD3688C6FC7A7F8725888C00583A7C Hearing Summary

Ezequiel Vasquez, City of Arvada, Jeff Edwards, City of Aurora, and Don Korte, City and County of Denver, provided an overview of building permits and construction use tax from a municipal perspective.  A copy of their presentation can be found here: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/building_permits_con...

Laura Williams, representing Martin Marietta, provided an overview of use tax on building permits from a building supplier perspective. A copy of the presentation can be found here: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/building_permit_over...

Jonathan Gesick, representing ProCode, Inc., provided an overview of Cascade software to track building permits.  A copy of the presentation can be found here: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/sale_tax_and_cascade....

Members of the panel responded to questions from members of the task force related to how other states impose use tax on building materials, what could be improved with the current system, past efforts by the Colorado Municipal League to work with municipalities to simplify and standardize building permit forms across jurisdictions, and other issues related to the use tax on building materials process.