Section 40-21-100 Definitions. (a) For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) BUSINESS. All activities relating to the furnishing of utility services. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama. (3) DOMESTIC WATER. All water except water that is sold to […]
Section 40-21-101 Legislative intent. It is the intention of the Legislature of Alabama that the tax herein levied shall be supplemental to and complementary with the utility gross receipts tax so as to prevent discrimination in the effect of the utility gross receipts tax upon either intrastate or interstate commerce. It is the intention of […]
Section 40-21-102 Levy of tax; sourcing of total sales price for telegraph or telephone services. (a) There is hereby levied, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and shall be collected as herein provided, an excise tax on the storage, use, or other consumption of electricity, domestic water, and […]
Section 40-21-103 Exclusions. The storage, use, or other consumption of utility services in the State of Alabama is hereby specifically excluded from the tax herein levied: (1) Whenever the State of Alabama is prohibited from taxing such storage, use, or consumption under the Constitution or laws of the United States of America or the Constitution […]
Section 40-21-104 Utilities to register and give information. Every utility, except as hereinafter provided, engaged in making retail sales of utility services for storage, use, or other consumption in the State of Alabama shall register with the department and give the name and address of its officers and directors, the location of each of its […]
Section 40-21-105 Seller to collect tax; regulations; penalty. Every seller making sales of utility services for storage, use, or other consumption in this state, not exempted under the provisions of Section 40-21-103, shall at the time of making such sales or, if the storage, use, or other consumption of the utility services is not then […]
Section 40-21-106 Procedure for collecting tax. The tax herein levied shall be administered and collected in accordance with the uniform procedures set forth in this title, along with the procedures set forth for collecting the use tax described in Article 2 of Chapter 23 of this title, and for that purpose there are hereby incorporated […]
Section 40-21-107 Disposition of proceeds of tax. All taxes or other funds received or collected by the Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama under the provisions of this article remaining after the application of any exemptions, exclusions, deductions, or credits applicable thereto, and after the payment of the expenses of administration and enforcement […]
