March 27, 2025

An important documentation of CU’s tax-exempt status is the State of Colorado Sales Tax Exemption Certificate. The OUC makes this document available on our Tax-Exempt Information webpage [2]. The current certificate is dated June 14, 2022.

What if a vendor asks, Is the State certificate on your website still valid – or is there a more current certificate?

In this case, you can let the vendor know that:

• The university's tax-exempt certificate does not expire since we are tax-exempt as a government agency. Tax-exempt certificates that the State of Colorado issues to government entities do not have an expiration date.
• They can verify the validity of the tax-exempt certificate by visiting the State of Colorado Department of Revenue web page [3]. Under the Sales Tax License section, follow the link to Verify a License or Certificate and then enter the University's tax exempt number 98025650000. This will show that CU has a current certificate with no expiration date.

Additional questions? 

• Reach out to the OUC's Financial Services & Solutions help team at FSS@cu.edu [4]. 

And don't forget:

Our Coffee Card giveaway contest continues throughout this month!  To enter your name in the drawing, just submit your tax-related question or feedback using the form at the bottom of the Tax-Exempt Information [2] webpage.
We'll draw one webform submission from each campus and send a $5.00 electronic gift card to five lucky tax-conscious individuals!