Simplifying Colorado Chaos: How Businesses Are Boldly Pushing to Reform Sales Tax

About this episode

The episode discusses the efforts of the Coalition to Simplify Colorado Sales Tax and features insights from its founder and a business owner on tax reform initiatives.

Ongoing advocacy, collaboration, and policy reform are helping shape a more efficient and equitable tax environment for businesses across Colorado. This week, we dive into the work of the Coalition to Simplify Colorado Sales Tax, a group dedicated to reforming one of the nation’s most complex sales and use tax systems. Our guest, Jenn Penn, founder of Dome Strategies, joins us alongside Shawna Shafer, owner of Absolutely Advanced Accounting, to discuss the Coalition’s mission and milestones since its launch in 2014. Together, they share insights into the Coalition’s legislative successes, and we explore key initiatives, like the SUTS (Sales and Use Tax System) portal. Key Takeaways: Coalition’s Goal: Simplifying Colorado’s complex sales tax. Key Wins: Reforms making tax compliance easier for businesses. Collaboration Matters: Working together drives change. Looking Forward: Continued advocacy shapes the future of tax reform. Connect Subscribe on your favorite podcast app here . Follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube . Mentioned in this episode: Schedule a Call with the Aprio Team Now! Introductory Call

People in this episode

Guests: Jenn Penn, Shawna Shafer

Topics covered

• sales tax reform
• business advocacy
• tax compliance
• policy reform
• collaboration
• Colorado tax system

Keywords

• Colorado sales tax
• tax reform
• business collaboration
• SUTS portal
• tax compliance
• advocacy
• legislative successes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Coalition to Simplify Colorado Sales Tax, Dome Strategies, Absolutely Advanced Accounting

Places: Colorado

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