This article is pending legal or tax review and explains current BorrowHive product behavior.
Why a Colorado home-rule city needs separate clearance
This article explains BorrowHive product behavior. It is not legal or tax advice.
Some Colorado cities collect and administer their own local sales and use taxes. Colorado Department of Revenue guidance for leases and marketplace facilitators does not automatically answer every city-administered tax question in those self-collecting home-rule cities.
Before BorrowHive enables checkout in a self-collecting home-rule city, BorrowHive needs a reviewed rule set for:
- whether BorrowHive or the owner is treated as responsible for city tax,
- whether short-term rentals of tangible personal property are taxable,
- whether the city recognizes an acquisition-tax-paid exemption similar to the Colorado state-administered rule,
- whether owner attestation is enough or receipts are required,
- whether rental subtotal, renter fees, owner fees, delivery, late fees, damage charges, deposit captures, or deposit holds are taxable, and
- which license and filing channel BorrowHive must use.
Centennial is the first priority clearance because BorrowHive is headquartered there. BorrowHive submitted a pre-launch Centennial Tax and Licensing request on May 16, 2026, and received Granicus receipt 2676. Centennial checkout remains blocked until city-specific treatment is confirmed.
Need more help?
Contact support from the BorrowHive app or email support@borrowhive.com. Do not send ID photos, selfies, full document numbers, tax IDs, payment credentials, or private owner documents through ordinary email.