Arvada Requirements
Tent Weights
Tent weights are REQUIRED at all booths. If you are renting a tent, your tent will come with weights.
Bringing your own tent and need some ideas for weights?! There are DIY Tent Weight options utilizing PVC pipe, concrete, cinder blocks and more, you can see some ideas on our PINTEREST!
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Why weight you're tent?! Here’s some inspiration that came from Pasadena complete with a hilarious cow:
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Tents/Canopies
Tents are required for all 10x10 spaces. If you are in an independent 6x6 booth space, please consider a smaller canopy, umbrella or another form of protection if you prefer overhead covering. Please note no equipment is provided.
Event Rentals: We will not be offering event rentals for this event. However if you are in need of a tent, table or chair rentals we recommend the following:
State of Colorado Tax Information:
Anyone and everyone making retail sales at one or more special sales events must obtain a special event license. A special sales event is an event where retail sales are made by more than three sellers at a location other than their normal business location(s) and that occurs no more than three times in any calendar year. It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of selling at retail without first having obtained a license. Anyone who sells retail in Colorado without obtaining a sales tax license commits a class 3 misdemeanor and may also be subject to civil penalty of $50 per day to a maximum penalty of $1,000.
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Special event license requirements apply to sellers participating in the event regardless of whether such sellers have been issued a standard retail sales tax license for their regular business location. Special event licenses apply only to retail sales made at the special sales event by the seller to whom the license is issued. The license does not apply to sales made at the seller's regular business location or at any other location. The special event license and special event sales tax return ensures the proper tax is paid to the city, counties and special districts in which the event is held.
Therefore, vendors must file a DR0098 Special Event Retail Sales Tax Return for every event they attend. If a taxpayer does not file, a non-filer estimated return will be assessed on the account.
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Show promoters are required to submit a list of vendors for their shows for audit.
Questions about this? Contact:
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Colorado Department of Revenue, Jamie Nicolelli, Special Event Coordinator/Tax Compliance Agent
Desk - 303-866-5643 / Email: dor_specialevents@state.co.us
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 6 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. MST / Friday 6: a.m. - 10 a.m.
And for after the show is over, here is a copy of the tax return form for you to complete:
Please fill out a special event application (below) and return form upon completion of the event and mail it to the City of Arvada (8101 Ralston Road) with any sales tax collected.