ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
SALES, USE & BUSINESS TAX DIVISION
SALES & USE TAX RULE
810-1-6-.12. Taxes Required to be Filed Electronically.
(1) Section 40-23-7, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, requires persons
to report certain taxes on a form prescribed by the department and to pay the
amount of taxes shown due. Pursuant to Chapter 30 of Title 40, the department
is authorized to accept tax returns reported on an electronic form filed electronically.
(2) Effective October 1, 2003 the following taxes are required to be filed
electronically: State Sales, Use, Rental or Leasing, Lodgings, Utility
Gross Receipts, Utility Service Use, Mobile Telecommunications Service, Contractor's
Gross Receipts, Pharmaceutical Providers, Alabama Nursing Home Privilege and
State Administered Local Sales, Use, Rental or Leasing, and Lodgings Taxes.
(3) Persons subject to the above listed taxes, who are unable to utilize the
electronic filing system available over the Internet are required to utilize
the department's Telephone Voice Response system to file these taxes.
(4) Certain circumstances may require a waiver from the Commissioner to file
in another department approved manner. These circumstances include:
- (a) No Computer,
- (b) No Internet Access,
- (c) Incompatible Computer Hardware,
- (d) No Access to a Telephone,
- (e) Any special circumstance (i.e. physical disability) deemed
worthy of a waiver by the Commissioner of Revenue.
- 1. A waiver request must be submitted in writing and include the business
name and address, account number and reason(s) why a method other than the prescribed
method is necessary.
(5) For the taxes listed above, the return will be considered timely filed
when due for these taxes if filed electronically the last day before the return
and payment are considered delinquent. (Sections 40-2A-7(a)(5), 40-23-7,
40-23-31, 40-23-83, 40-30-2, 40-26B-5, 40-26B-24, 40-26-19, 40-21-105, and 11-3-11.3(f),
Code of Alabama 1975) (Adopted through APA effective September 22, 2003)
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