Ala. Code § 11-3-11.3 (1975) Collection of Local Taxes - Department of Revenue

• Library: Alabama Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Code § 11-3-11.3 (1975)

(a) Counties may, upon request of the county commission, engage the Department of Revenue to collect and administer any county sales, use, rental, lodgings, tobacco, or other local taxes for which there is a corresponding state levy. Subject to subsections (d) and (e) below, the department shall collect and administer a county sales, use, rental, lodgings, tobacco, or other tax for which there is a corresponding state levy on behalf of the requesting county. Any county sales, use, rental, or lodgings tax levy administered and collected by the Department of Revenue pursuant to this section, whether the levy is imposed pursuant to the authority of Section 40-12-4, or any general, special, or local act of the Legislature, shall parallel the corresponding state tax levy, except for the rate of tax, and shall be subject to all definitions, exceptions, exemptions, proceedings, requirements, provisions, rules, regulations, direct pay permits and drive-out certificate procedures, statutes of limitation, penalties, fines, punishments, and deductions as applicable to the corresponding state tax, except where otherwise provided in this section, including provisions for the enforcement and collection of taxes. The Department of Revenue shall make available to those counties for which it collects and administers a sales, use, rental, or lodgings tax collected and administered pursuant to this section the same services which are made available to municipal governments pursuant to Division 4 of Article 2 of Chapter 51 and Article 3 of Chapter 51.

(b) The department shall prepare and distribute those reports, forms, and other information as may be necessary to provide for its collection and administration of any county tax it collects and administers and, on request, shall make all reports available for inspection by the governing body of the county. In collecting and administering a county sales, use, rental, or lodgings tax, the department shall have all the authority and duties as it has in connection with the collection and administration of the corresponding state tax including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapters 2A, 12, 23, and 26 of Title 40.

(c)

(1) The Commissioner of Revenue shall deposit into the State Treasury all county taxes collected and, on a bi-weekly basis, shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of taxes collected for the approximate two-week period immediately preceding the certification and the amount, less the department's actual cost of collection and administration, to be distributed to each county and which shall be paid to the treasurer or other custodian of funds of the county within three days after certification thereof.