ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

SALES, USE & BUSINESS TAX DIVISION

SALES & USE TAX RULE

 
 

810-6-5-.31.  City and County Sales, Use, Rental, and Lodgings Tax Return.

 
(1)  The term "Department" as used in this rule shall mean the Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama.
 
(2)  The term "state-administered local taxes" as used in this rule shall mean county and municipal sales, use, rental, and lodgings taxes which are administered and collected by the Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama.
 
(3)  Every person required by law to report and pay a state-administered local tax shall prepare and forward to the Department, within the time prescribed by law, a city and county tax return for each tax reporting period on a form prescribed by the Department and pay to the Department the amount of tax shown due on the return.
 
(4)  All state-administered local taxes shall be reported on a single form requiring the following information:
(5)  Effective October 1, 2003, state-administered local sales, use, rental and lodgings taxes are required to be filed electronically.  However, when a waiver from the requirement to file electronically has been granted by the Commissioner of Revenue, the taxpayer shall file on printed forms provided by the Department.  (Rule 810-1-6-.05).
 
(6)  Items (a) through (e) in paragraph (4) of this rule shall be pre-populated or preprinted on the return by the Department based on the information in its files. The taxpayer, however, shall be responsible for notifying the Department if the account information is incorrect.  Also, the locality names, locality codes, tax types, and rate types shall be pre-populated or preprinted on the return by the Department based on the county and municipal taxes previously reported by the taxpayer.  If the taxpayer is liable for any state-administered local tax for a county or municipality which is not pre-populated or preprinted on the form by the Department, the taxpayer shall add the name, locality code, tax type and rate types of the county or municipality to the return and report the tax, penalty, interest, or discount applicable to that county or municipality.  The information required in items (f) through (p) in paragraph (4) shall be provided by the taxpayer.
 
(7)  The city and county tax return outlined in this rule shall constitute the standard multiple jurisdiction tax form and the single jurisdiction tax form referenced in Section 11-51-210(a) and shall be used to report all state-administered local taxes for periods covering October 2003 forward. State-administered local taxes for periods prior to October 2003 shall be reported on forms furnished by the Department prior to the adoption of the new standard form outlined in this rule. (Sections 40-2A-7(a)(5), 11-3-11.3(b), 11-3-11.3(f), 11-51-182, 11-51-207, 11-51-208(e), 11-51-210(a), 11-51-210(c), 40-12-6, 40-12-224, 40-23-31, 40-23-83 and 40-26-19, Code of Alabama 1975.) (Adopted through APA effective December 28, 1998, amended November 4, 2009)
 
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