| TO: | ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, AND CORPORATIONS making sales at retail and purchasing tangible personal property for use, storage, or other consumption in the Town of Thorsby, Alabama, and its police jurisdiction (Chilton County). |
On November 20, 2000 the governing body of the Town of Thorsby adopted Ordinance No. 143 increasing the rates of Thorsby sales and use tax. The increased rates of sales and use tax are effective January 1, 2001 as follows:
| OLD RATES | RATES | |
| General Rate | 2% | 3% |
| Admissions to places of amusement and entertainment | 2% | 3% |
| Retail selling price of food
for human consumption sold through vending machines |
2% | 3% |
| Net difference paid for machines,
machinery and equipment used in planting, cultivating, and harvesting farm products |
1/4 of 1% | 1/4 of 1% |
| Machines and parts and attachments
for machines used in manufacturing tangible personal property |
1/2 of 1% | 1/2 of 1% |
| Net difference paid for all automotive
vehicles, truck trailers, semi-trailers, and house trailers |
1/4 of 1% | 1/4 of 1% |
If sales are made and delivered to consumers outside the corporate limits of the Town of Thorsby but within the police jurisdiction, the rates of tax are one-half the new rates shown 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 Thorsby sales and use taxes are included on the local tax electronic return. Simply enter the gross sales and deductions, and all calculations will be done automatically for you. Otherwise, the Town of Thorsby sales and use 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 need additional information, please contact this office.