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Council adopts ordinance moving to state tax collection, raises food-tax refund
Summary
By roll call, council adopted Ordinance 18 to align Aspen’s tax code with state collection processes, incorporate previously voter-approved tobacco-tax language into the municipal code and raise the food-tax refund to $132 for the next cycle.
Finance Director Pete Strecker presented Ordinance 18 in its second reading as a housekeeping and efficiency measure to align the municipal tax code with state collection and to capture prior voter-approved tobacco-tax language in city code. He also noted the ordinance increases the food-tax refund to $132 for the next cycle. “This will allow us to move to a state collection process, which would add a lot of efficiency for the community,” Strecker said.
No members of the public spoke during the ordinance’s hearing portion. Councilors moved, seconded and approved Ordinance 18 by roll call; Strecker told the council the change is expected to improve compliance and potentially increase tax revenue collected through state mechanisms.
