
Colorado
Gold price in Colorado
Spot is $4,609.65/oz right now. Spot is the same everywhere — what changes in Colorado is the premium dealers charge over it and whether the state taxes the purchase.
Sales tax on bullion
Gold bullion is exempt in Colorado
- State rate
- None recorded
- Exemption threshold
- None
- Source read on
- 2026-08-16
What the tax would cost here
State rate only · local rates stack on top- On a $500 order
- $0.00
- On a $1,000 order
- $0.00
- On a $2,500 order
- $0.00
- On a $10,000 order
- $0.00
Exempt at the state level
Exempt at the state level
Exempt at the state level
Exempt at the state level
Nothing is owed at the state level on any order size, so premium and shipping are the whole cost difference here.
How common is this answer
34 of 51 states treat bullion this way- Exempt34
- No sales tax5
- Above a threshold5
- Taxed7
The rule, as Colorado writes it
Colorado exempts coins and precious-metal bullion under C.R.S. 39-26-706, covering state, RTD/CD, county and state-collected local taxes. Bullion qualifies when refining leaves its value dependent on metal content rather than form. Home-rule cities administer their own sales taxes and do not always follow the state exemption. A 2026 bill proposed ending the exemption from 1 January 2027; that language did not pass, but it makes this a rule worth re-checking rather than assuming.
Source: Colorado Department of Revenue — Sales & Use Tax Topics: Coins and Precious Metal Bullion (Feb 2025) · read on 2026-08-16
What this page cannot tell you
Whether tax is actually charged depends on the dealer, not only on where you live: a retailer collects sales tax in states where they have nexus.
Local city and county rates stack on top of any state rate shown here, and several exemptions cover investment bullion but not jewellery or collectibles sold well above melt.
What gold costs from the dealers we check
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Tax information is a sourced, dated reading of a public document, not tax advice. Rules change; confirm with Colorado before a large purchase. Flag image: public domain via Wikimedia Commons.