Palmeto State Armory won't deliver to me...

[def90]

I?m a sole proprietor that works all around Colorado and I have to collect the local sales tax for the items I sell in those locations.. it?s a fucking nightmare. Some cities are cooperating with the state collection system which at least lets you use a single spreadsheet and write a single check, others that are home rule cities or simply cities that collect their own tax are still requiring that you have a sales tax license in their city and remit a sales tax return every quarter even if it was a one time sale. Larkspur for instance requires that you get a sales tax license that costs something like $45 to get in the first place then they want you to pay a renewal fee every year of $45 when I collect $25 in tax for them and if I collect more than $40 then they want me to file a return every month.

[DOC]

Try an address near mine and you will see what I mean.
205 Grove st
Denver, Co. 80219

[BladesNBarrels]

I?m a sole proprietor that works all around Colorado and I have to collect the local sales tax for the items I sell in those locations.. it?s a fucking nightmare. Some cities are cooperating with the state collection system which at least lets you use a single spreadsheet and write a single check, others that are home rule cities or simply cities that collect their own tax are still requiring that you have a sales tax license in their city and remit a sales tax return every quarter even if it was a one time sale. Larkspur for instance requires that you get a sales tax license that costs something like $45 to get in the first place then they want you to pay a renewal fee every year of $45 when I collect $25 in tax for them and if I collect more than $40 then they want me to file a return every month.

One solution, as used by some small businesses, is to require a UPS shipping account.
When a buyer purchases a product and has it picked up by UPS using the buyer's account, the title transfers at the seller's location and tax is assessed at that point.
UPS then delivers to the buyer's location with no additional tax due.
I am not aware of any other delivery service that has that same protection other than UPS.
It is viewed as a pick-up from will-call.

[eddiememphis]

Try an address near mine and you will see what I mean.
205 Grove st
Denver, Co. 80219

Grove Street? Do you know Carl Johnson?

[babarsac]

I've had a similar issue with PSA. I live in unincorporated Arapahoe County with a Denver address. PSA says they can't ship to Denver County even though...you know... geography.

Brownells, Aim surplus, DSA, and KyGunCO have no issue shipping to me.

[DOC]

Grove Street? Do you know Carl Johnson?

I'm bad with names. I know a few Carls. Do you have a pic?

[def90]

Try an address near mine and you will see what I mean.
205 Grove st
Denver, Co. 80219

If you are shipping to a Denver address could it be that they are refusing to ship because of the Denver assault weapons ban even though technically those parts are still legal?

[colorider]

I’ve ordered several dozen of “kits” from palmetto with no problem. I live in Westminster. May be a Denver thing.

[sportbikeco]

It's a Denver thing...

They would not ship an SKS to my (non-Denver) FFL with a Denver bill to address on my credit card due to the Denver "assault weapons ban" which does not even apply to an all stock SKS for a few reasons....

[Aloha_Shooter]

I've run a small business before, and collected and remitted sales taxes. I have lost business to the mail order companies, due to the fact that they don't have to collect and remit taxes.

It's not hard to automate things. Takes some setup time etc. I don't care if it is 100s, or 1000s of different sales tax jurisdictions.

What is hard to compete against, is when one entity does not have to collect or remit sales taxes at all.

The difference is that your small local business only had to worry about tax codes and remitting paperwork to a single city, a single county, a single state. Mail order has to keep track of the ever-changing tax codes and policies in every taxable jurisdiction they sell to. Automatiion helps but yeah, they're going to have to keep that database AND the software updated constantly because individual cities and counties change their policies frequently -- and they often don't publish those changes outside their local venue. You have to make sure your item database has everything coded right -- this product is considered a food product in county A and therefore not taxed but it IS taxed in county B. County C doesn't tax food products but doesn't consider this to be food. State D doesn't care because they tax food products...