The Finance Department handles the routine billing for City services and the Cortez Sanitation District sewer billing. The Finance office also collects and invests City revenues, makes payment of all expenditures and payroll of the City, and is responsible for the general accounting
of these functions. Located in City Hall at 210 E. Main,
See Map, the Finance Department has five employees.
For general information from the Finance Department, call 970.564.4011.
The 2008 City of Cortez Budget is now
available on-line. To view it,
click here
Finance
Any person wishing to sell merchandise within the City limits is first required
to obtain a sales tax license from the City of Cortez Finance Department. Our current
City Sales Tax rate is 4.05%. For a printable sales tax application,
please click here. For a printable city
retail sales & use tax regulations,
CLICK HERE. For a printable sales tax
remittance form,
PLEASE CLICK HERE. Applications should be filled out completely and returned, with the $10 license application
fee, to the Finance Department. For more information, call 970.564.4010. See
Sales Tax Data and
Lodgers' Tax Data for previous years.
All of these brochures and sales tax application require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
The City of Cortez provides water service,
trash pick-up and recycling pickup
to Cortez residents. To set up a new account, make changes to an existing account,
or report problems, contact the Finance Department Billing Clerk at 970.564.4012.
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