State, County and City, Sales made by

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

SALES, USE & BUSINESS TAX DIVISION

SALES & USE TAX RULE

810-6-2-.92.02. State, County and City, Sales made by.

(1) The counties and cities of the State of Alabama and the agencies and the instrumentalities thereof are not required by the provisions of the Sales Tax Law to collect or to pay the Department of Revenue sales tax because of sales of tangible personal property made by them, except those institutions of higher learning operated by the cities and the counties must pay sales tax on sales made by them.

(2) The Sales Tax Law by specific provisions requires state-, city-, and county-operated educational institutions, other than primary or secondary schools, to collect and remit to the Department of Revenue the tax levied on admissions to athletic contests. State-, city-, and county-operated primary and secondary schools shall collect the sales tax levied on admissions to athletic contests including admissions to any football playoff conducted by or under the auspices of the Alabama High School Athletic Association; but, instead of remitting the tax collected to the Department of Revenue, the tax shall be retained by the collecting school and used by the school for school purposes. Effective July 1, 2006, pursuant to Act #2006-602, this exemption and retention of the sales tax collected shall apply to any athletic event conducted by or under the auspices of the Alabama High School Athletic Association. (Section 40-23-2(2))

(3) The Sales Tax Law also requires the State of Alabama and all of its agencies or instrumentalities to collect and remit to the Department of Revenue the sales tax levied on sales of tangible personal property. (Section 40-23-2(1)) (Section 40-23-31, and Code of Alabama 1975) (Readopted through APA effective October 1, 1982, amended June 5, 1992, amended September 29, 1994, amended December 13, 2006)

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