What is Colorado Springs's combined sales tax rate?

Colorado Springs's combined sales tax is about 8.2%, blending Colorado's 2.9% state rate, El Paso County, the City of Colorado Springs rate, and the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority. The exact rate depends on your address.

Are groceries taxed in Colorado Springs?

Colorado exempts most unprepared grocery food from the state sales tax, but the city of Colorado Springs taxes groceries at its own rate. Toggling the exemption removes the state portion to model the difference.

Does the rate vary within the city?

Yes. Special districts and the transportation authority boundaries change the rate by location, so an address in a different district can differ. Override the default rate for precise results.

Is this a use tax too?

Colorado also imposes a use tax on items bought tax-free and used in the city. This tool models sales tax at the point of purchase; use-tax situations follow the same rate but apply differently.

How is the total calculated?

The tool multiplies your amount by the rate to get the tax, then adds it back to your amount for the grand total. Exempt items show zero tax and a total equal to the price.

Colorado Springs Combined Sales Tax Calculator

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Calculate Colorado Springs sales tax

Colorado Springs layers several sales taxes onto a purchase: the Colorado state rate, El Paso County, the City of Colorado Springs, and the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority. Combined, the rate is about 8.2%. This calculator turns any pre-tax price into the tax owed and the final total.

How it works

The combined rate is applied to the taxable amount, and exempt items are zeroed out:

taxable amount = exempt ? 0 : purchase amount
tax            = taxable amount * (rate / 100)
total          = purchase amount + tax

The combined rate already merges the Colorado state increment, the El Paso County share, the City of Colorado Springs share, and the transportation authority. Because rates are location-coded, the exact figure can differ by address, so the field is editable.

Tips and example

A 100 purchase at 8.2% incurs 8.20 in tax for a 108.20 total. Toggle the grocery exemption on for a 100 unprepared-food purchase and the modeled tax drops to 0, keeping the total at 100.

Note that Colorado Springs still taxes groceries at the city level even though the state exempts them, so for a precise grocery figure use your local effective city rate rather than the full 8.2%.