The effective date of the tax is October 1, 2001. Your first report will be for the month of October 2001, which is due on or before November 20, 2001.

The Mentone ordinance also levies a lodgings tax on the renting or furnishing of rooms, lodgings or accommodations to transients outside the corporate limits of the town but within the police jurisdiction. The rates of lodgings tax in the police jurisdiction are one-half of those stated above.

You can now prepare, file and pay your state sales tax and local sales, use, lodgings, and rental taxes online! Simply go to our Web site at: www.ador.state.al.us/salestax/efiling.html, select an ERO (Electronic Return Originator) and follow the instructions. If you choose to file and pay electronically, the Town of Mentone lodgings taxes are included on the local electronic tax return. Simply enter the gross receipts and deductions, and all calculations will be done automatically for you. Otherwise, the Town of Mentone lodgings tax must be remitted on your letter size Alabama Department of Revenue City and County Tax Return, and mailed to the address at the top of the return. If you have Town of Mentone lodgings tax to remit and find no Town of Mentone entry in Column A, you should add Mentone in that column, Tax Code 9655 in Column B and the appropriate tax type in Column C.

Please direct all questions regarding the Town of Mentone tax to this office.