The City of Brighton encourages businesses to voluntarily remit all sales, use, lodging, and other taxes owed to the City of Brighton. A voluntary disclosure program is available that provides for partial or full waiver of late penalties due on delinquent remittances.
Eligible Taxpayers
A Voluntary Disclosure Agreement (VDA) is available to taxpayers who are not currently registered to collect sales or use taxes due to the City.
Your business is NOT eligible if any of the following conditions are true:
- Your company is under audit by the City of Brighton.
- Your company is currently licensed and/or registered to remit sales tax to the City of Brighton.
Lookback Period
For VDAs, all taxes collected from customers are considered to be held in trust and must be remitted regardless of the timeframe or period of lookback. For taxes due, but not collected from customers, the lookback period will be limited to the current calendar year and prior thirty-six (36) months.
Statutory interest per month from when the tax was due will be added to the disclosure.
How to Start
Complete the online application available below. Not that the Taxpayer or Company name must be disclosed.
Submit a scheduled of taxes with a summary due per month for the lookback period to our secure link brightonco.gov/taxdocs.
The City will review your application and submitted documentation. If you would like to review a sample of the VDA agreement or have any questions regarding the VDA program, please contact us at SalesTax@Brightonco.gov or 303-655-2041.