Tutoring Service Permit Requirements in Colorado Springs, CO

1. EIN (Employer Identification Number)

   Required if you have employees or operate as an LLC/corporation. Free from the IRS. Also useful for opening a business bank account.

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   Free·Immediate (online application)

   Free

   Immediate (online application)

1. Colorado — No State Tutoring License Required

   Colorado does not license private tutoring. DORA's Division of Professions and Occupations regulates only the occupational professions on its published list (accountancy, architects/engineers/surveyors, barber and cosmetology, combative sports, electrical, landscape architects, nontransplant tissue banks, outfitters, passenger tramway, plumbing and radon) — tutoring is not among them and there is no state board for it. A sole proprietor does not register with the Colorado Secretary of State at all, though one trading under a name other than the owner's own must file a Statutory Trade Name; LLCs, corporations and partnerships do file with the Secretary of State.

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   $0 — no state tutoring license exists. Optional entity filings are $50 (Articles of Organization) or $20 (Trade Name Statement).·Not applicable; Secretary of State filings, where used, are processed immediately online.

   $0 — no state tutoring license exists. Optional entity filings are $50 (Articles of Organization) or $20 (Trade Name Statement).

   Not applicable; Secretary of State filings, where used, are processed immediately online.

2. Colorado Department of Revenue — Sales Tax License (if selling materials)

   Private tutoring is a service and is not subject to Colorado sales tax. If you sell educational materials, books, workbooks or supplies, those tangible goods are taxable at 2.9% state plus 3.07% Colorado Springs city tax, with El Paso County (1.23%) and PPRTA (1%) giving a combined rate of 8.20%. Colorado Springs is home rule and issues its own city sales tax license separately from the state license.

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   $16 for the two-year license period when applying January–June of an even year, prorated to $12, $8 or $4 later in the cycle, plus a one-time refundable $50 deposit for a new account ($66 total for a first location); the deposit is refunded once $50 in state sales tax has been remitted — no state license is needed if you only tutor·Immediate when filed online through MyBizColorado or Revenue Online

   $16 for the two-year license period when applying January–June of an even year, prorated to $12, $8 or $4 later in the cycle, plus a one-time refundable $50 deposit for a new account ($66 total for a first location); the deposit is refunded once $50 in state sales tax has been remitted — no state license is needed if you only tutor

   Immediate when filed online through MyBizColorado or Revenue Online

1. Colorado Springs — No General Business License for Tutoring

   Colorado Springs does not require a general business or occupational license for tutoring businesses. Only specific business types listed by the City Clerk's Office (e.g., concrete contractors, massage businesses, mobile food vendors, security businesses, tree services) need a city business license. Home-based tutoring businesses that receive students at the premises may still need a Home Occupation Permit ($120 one-time fee).

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   Not applicable (no general license fee)·Not applicable

   Not applicable (no general license fee)

   Not applicable

2. Colorado Springs — Home Occupation Permit (tutoring from home)

   Tutoring students at your Colorado Springs residence is a Home Occupation, which must be permitted by the city's Development Review Enterprise. The occupation must be subordinate to the residential use. Check any covenants or restrictions on the property first: they supersede City Code, and if a covenant prohibits a home-based business the permit will not be allowed — the city does not enforce or have jurisdiction over covenants. Apply by submitting the General Owner and Applicant Acknowledgement form through the city's online submittal system. Colorado Springs is home rule and collects its own 3.07% sales tax, but tutoring is a service and Colorado does not tax services.

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   $120 non-refundable application fee, due at submittal. Once approved the Home Occupation does not require renewal; a new application is only needed if the occupation moves to new premises.·Submitted online through the city's submittal system; the permit does not expire, so there is no renewal cycle.

   $120 non-refundable application fee, due at submittal. Once approved the Home Occupation does not require renewal; a new application is only needed if the occupation moves to new premises.

   Submitted online through the city's submittal system; the permit does not expire, so there is no renewal cycle.

Official Sources

• Colorado Springs Business Licensing
• Colorado Department of Revenue — Sales Tax License

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