City and County of Denver - File #: 17-0528

• File #: 17-0528
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/1/2017
• In control: Finance & Governance Committee
• On agenda: 6/19/2017
• Title: A bill for an ordinance amending the definitions in Articles I, II, and III of Chapter 53 (Taxation and Miscellaneous Revenue) of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to adopt standardized definitions developed and recommended by the Colorado Municipal League. Amends Chapter 53 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to standardize multiple definitions for sales and use taxation per the recommendations of a home rule working group convened by the Colorado Municipal League. The Committee approved filing this bill at its meeting on 5-16-17.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/29/2017	1	Mayor	signed
6/27/2017	1	Council President	signed
6/26/2017	1	City Council	placed upon final consideration and do pass	Pass
6/19/2017	1	City Council	ordered published on first reading
5/16/2017	1	Finance & Governance Committee	approved for filing	Pass

Other/Miscellaneous Request Template (Appointments; ROW; Code Changes; Zoning Action, etc.)

Date Submitted: 05-02-17

Requesting Agency: Finance
Division: Treasury

Subject Matter Expert Name: Steve Ellington/Don Korte
Email Address: steve.ellington@denvergov.org/don.korte@denvergov.org
Phone Number: 720-913-9384/720-913-9339

Item Title & Description:
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A bill for an ordinance amending the definitions in Articles I, II, and III of Chapter 53 (Taxation and Miscellaneous Revenue) of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to adopt standardized definitions developed and recommended by the Colorado Municipal League.
Amends Chapter 53 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to standardize multiple definitions for sales and use taxation per the recommendations of a home rule working group convened by the Colorado Municipal League. The Committee approved filing this bill at its meeting on 5-16-17.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide

Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.
In 1992, home rule municipalities in conjunction with Colorado Municipal Leage created a set of "standardized definitions" in an effort to simplify the administration of sales and use tax for the business community.

Over the last 25 years most of the definitions remain consistent, but with the development of new technologies some definitions have been altered and/or new definitions have been created to fit the current envir...