Keep ALDOR updated as personnel and information changes occur with your locality.

Act 98-192, known as the Local Tax Simplification Act of 1998, required each county and municipality to submit to ALDOR a list of any sales, use, rental, lodgings, tobacco, or gasoline taxes it levied or administered and the current rates thereof.  Act 2018-150 requires all counties and municipalities to notify ALDOR in writing of a new tax levy or amendment to an existing tax levy at least 60 days prior to the effective date of the new tax or amendment. Act 2018-150 also provides that the effective date of the new tax levy or amendment of an existing tax levy shall be the first day of the third month following ALDOR’s receipt of proper notification as required by law.

At least 60 days prior to the effective date listed on the local ordinance or resolution, send tax levies, amendments, and tax administrator change information to LocalTaxUnit@revenue.alabama.gov.

General Forms and Information

Local Contact Information Form:
Use to update contact information for the person(s) who should receive local tax related information and notices from ALDOR.

SSUT Contact Information Form
To update contact information for the person(s) who should receive Simplified Sellers Use Tax related information and notices from ALDOR.

Banking Updates for Local and Simplified Sellers Use Tax Deposits:

The bank account update process for state administered tax types is managed in STAARS VSS.  Click here for helpful instructions. A banking change can take up to 10 days to process, so it is very important to email LocalTaxUnit@revenue.alabama.gov and SSUT@revenue.alabama.gov to notify them that a banking change has been submitted in STAARS and provide the Address ID (i.e. CW0….) that was updated. Also, please email LocalTaxUnit@revenue.alabama.gov if your locality needs to add new Address ID(s) for local tax deposits, to split local tax distributions across multiple bank accounts.

Reminder: After making an update to banking information in VSS, do not forget to send the required supporting documentation (cancelled check or bank letter) to vendors@comptroller.alabama.gov; include in the email the vendor code (VC) associated with the change. 

The bank account update process for non-state administered local taxes (i.e. ONE SPOT payments) is submitted through the Local Government Portal [link to:  https://www.alabamainteractive.org/ador_reports/login_input.action].  Log into the portal and click “Submit New Bank Account Information for Tax Deposits” link within the Update Disbursement Account box. If you do not have a logon to the Local Government Portal, you will need to complete the Online Reports Access Form to request a logon.

Online Reports Access Form
Allows access to view/download the localities’  taxpayer reports and data.

ONE SPOT Forms

ONE SPOT Information Form
For new or changing non-state administered local taxes for ONE SPOT programming purposes (must be submitted at least 30 days prior to change).

ONE SPOT Third-Party Designation Form
Non-state administered localities who have a new or changing tax administrator, for ONE SPOT programming purposes (must be submitted at least 30 days prior to change).

Nonemployee Confidentiality Form
Request from localtaxunit@revenue.alabama.gov. This form is necessary for a local government employee to be assigned access to the online reports for state administered reports and ONE SPOT files and information (only employees authorized by the local government will be assigned an online report login).

OS Return and Payment File Import Template
Save this Excel template to your computer as an  “Excel Macro-Enabled Template (*.xltm)” file. When you save it as any other type of Excel file, it disables the macros in the template and will not work properly in the future. Use it to open your return and payment information files from My Alabama Taxes if you do not have another system to view the information.

Local Account Number Correction – PDF
Local Account Number Correction – XLS
Request to Change the Municipality/County Account Number for a Taxpayer.

ACH Denial Form
Request for Individual Taxpayer Denial/Reinstatement of the Ability to Make Payments by the ACH Credit Method.

Municipal License Reporting 

When the legislature passed Act 2017-294, known as the Wholesale to Retail Accountability Program (WRAP), it included §40-23-262, Code of Ala. 1975. This section requires information on all municipal business privilege license applications for new licenses and renewals issued on or after October 1, 2019, to be electronically transmitted to ALDOR by the licensing official or agent in the same manner as privilege licenses issued pursuant to §40-12-30, Code of Ala. 1975. The reports are due monthly.

Notices:
New Municipal Business License Reporting (October 1, 2019)

Municipal Business License Report and Reporting Requirements (November 26, 2018)

Software developers can select one of the following layouts to create the upload file directly from a municipality’s business license software.

Option 1 – Municipal Business License Report Data Layout – Comma Separated Value (CSV).pdf (Updated October 8, 2019)

Option 2 – Municipal Business License Report Data Layout – Fixed Length Record (TXT).pdf (Updated October 8, 2019)

Or, one of the following upload templates can be used to manually create the Municipal Business License Report upload file if it cannot be created by exporting data from an existing business license software system.

Municipal Business License Report CSV Upload Template.csv (Updated June 14, 2019)

Municipal Business License Report Excel Upload Template.xlsx (Updated February 19, 2021)

Instructions for CSV and Excel (xlsx) Upload Template

WRAP Data Access

ACT 2017-294 known as the Wholesale to Retail Accountability Program (WRAP) requires each beer, wine and tobacco wholesaler licensed by the ABC Board to submit an informational report to ALDOR. This report details all wholesale sales of beer, wine and tobacco products made to retailers for resale for each monthly reporting period. The act further establishes that ALDOR will make this data available to municipal and county governments. Click here for information and instructions on accessing and downloading WRAP data.

Notice: Alabama Municipal and County Governments (August 7, 2019)

Sample Ordinances/Resolutions

All county and municipal governments shall submit to ALDOR a certified copy of their adopted resolutions or ordinances providing for their locality’s participation in each of the sales tax holidays. If not participating, the local government shall submit a letter/email/fax stating that fact. The lists of local government responses are posted on the ALDOR website for use by businesses and individuals.

Each Year

Back-to-School: Ordinance or Resolution
Severe Weather Preparedness: Ordinance or Resolution

Current Year

Back-to-School: Ordinance or Resolution
Severe Weather Preparedness: Ordinance or Resolution