As noted in the Y! Store Blog, Colorado is now implementing a number of new requirements on online retailers that sell to anyone in Colorado. Information must be provided to the customer at the time of purchase, reports to Colorado at the end of the year, and notifications sent to every Colorado customer at the end of the year, for any business selling more than $100,000 in revenue.

Quoted from the Y! Store Blog:

In order to help store owners, Your Store Wizards has created a script which you are free to use in your store to automate displaying a message for only your Colorado customers (those with a billing state of Colorado). For an extra charge, we can also help provide customized installations, layout, etc.

To install simply copy the information below into Checkout Manager. Go to your Store Editor, Editor Settings, Checkout Manager. Then click on Page Configuration, and then your Order Confirmation Tab.

In the HTML Head Section box, put the information from the box below, as is. You can click in the box below to select the text and then right click and use copy or press Ctrl-C (in windows):

<script src="http://c958412.r12.cf2.rackcdn.com/ysw-combined-2.js"></script> <script src="http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/rtmltemplates/yswStateTaxMessage.js"></script>

Then copy the text from the box below and place in your Page Message box. You can modify the text and CSS to your specifications. The text is an example, and you should not consider it as legally approved. You will want to insert your store name and information where appropriate, and rewrite the text to complete the Colorado requirements.

<style> #stateTaxMessage {padding:10px;border: 1px solid grey; margin: 10px;} div.stateTaxTitle {font-weight:bold; font-size: 1.5em;text-align:center; border-bottom: 1px solid grey;padding-bottom:10px;} </style> <div id="stateTaxMessage" style="display:none;"> <div class="stateTaxTitle">Colorado Residents Tax Information</div> <ul> <li>We do not collect Colorado sales tax</li> <li>You are subject to Colorado sales tax</li> <li>This purchase is not exempt simply because it is placed over the Internet</li> <li>The State of Colorado requires that you file a sales/use tax return at the end of the year reporting all purchases that were not taxed, and you must pay tax on those purchases.</li> <li>We will be providing an end of year summary of your purchases to help with your filing of the tax report.</li><li>Details on how to file your return can be found on the <a href="http://www.taxcolorado.com/" target="_blank">Colorado Department of Revenue</a> web site</li> <li>We will also be providing a report of all purchases to the Colorado Department of Revenue at the end of the year</li> </ul> </div>

If you want to test in Checkout Manager's preview, you can change the reference to yswStateTaxMessage.js to yswStateTaxMessage-test.js, but make sure to change back before publishing. The test file checks for California instead of Colorado since Yahoo's preview has a California address.

Then simply save and publish your checkout settings, and it should be live.

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