35-12-75
Section 35-12-75 Dormancy charges. (a) Any person engaged primarily in the business of selling tangible personal property at retail, by contract with the customer may, charge, and deduct from the property otherwise subject to this article, a reasonable administrative and restocking fee of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25) with respect to items purchased under a layaway or similar agreement the terms of which are not fulfilled by the customer and the items are returned to inventory. (b) A holder may deduct from property presumed abandoned a charge imposed by reason of the apparent owner's failure to claim the property within a specified time only if there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the holder and the apparent owner under which the holder may impose the charge and the holder regularly imposes the charge. The amount of the deduction is limited to an amount that is not unconscionable. (Act 2004-440, p. 755, ยง1.)...
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7-9A-102
Section 7-9A-102 Definitions and index of definitions. (a) Article 9A definitions. In this article: (1) "Accession" means goods that are physically united with other goods in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost. (2) "Account," except as used in "account for," means a right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, (i) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (ii) for services rendered or to be rendered, (iii) for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, (iv) for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred, (v) for energy provided or to be provided, (vi) for the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract, (vii) arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card, or (viii) as winnings in a lottery or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a State, governmental unit of a State, or...
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40-23-4
Section 40-23-4 Exemptions. (a) There are exempted from the provisions of this division and from the computation of the amount of the tax levied, assessed, or payable under this division the following: (1) The gross proceeds of the sales of lubricating oil and gasoline as defined in Sections 40-17-30 and 40-17-170 and the gross proceeds from those sales of lubricating oil destined for out-of-state use which are transacted in a manner whereby an out-of-state purchaser takes delivery of such oil at a distributor's plant within this state and transports it out-of-state, which are otherwise taxed. (2) The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales, of fertilizer when used for agricultural purposes. The word "fertilizer" shall not be construed to include cottonseed meal, when not in combination with other materials. (3) The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales, of seeds for planting purposes and baby chicks and poults. Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt or exclude from the computation of...
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40-27-1
Section 40-27-1 Compact adopted; terms. The following Multistate Tax Compact is hereby approved, adopted and enacted into law by the State of Alabama: Multistate Tax Compact Article I. Purposes. The purposes of this compact are to: 1. Facilitate proper determination of state and local tax liability of multistate taxpayers, including the equitable apportionment of tax bases and settlement of apportionment disputes. 2. Promote uniformity or compatibility in significant components of tax systems. 3. Facilitate taxpayer convenience and compliance in the filing of tax returns and in other phases of tax administration. 4. Avoid duplicative taxation. Article II. Definitions. As used in this compact: 1. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States. 2. "Subdivision" means any governmental unit or special district of a state. 3. "Taxpayer" means any corporation, partnership, firm,...
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35-12-71
Section 35-12-71 Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) APPARENT OWNER. A person whose name appears on the records of a holder as the person entitled to property held, issued, or owing by the holder. (2) BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. A corporation, joint stock company, investment company, partnership, unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, business trust, trust company, safe deposit company, financial organization, insurance company, mutual fund, utility, or other business entity consisting of one or more persons, whether or not for profit. (3) DOMICILE. The state of incorporation of a corporation and the state of the principal place of business of a holder other than a corporation. (4) FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION. A savings and loan association, building and loan association, industrial loan organization, credit union, cooperative bank,...
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35-12-79
Section 35-12-79 Custody by state; recovery by holder; defense of holder. (a) In this article, good faith means honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned. (b) Upon payment or delivery of property to the Treasurer, the state assumes custody and responsibility for the safekeeping of the property. A holder who pays or delivers property to the Treasurer in good faith is relieved of all liability arising thereafter with respect to the property. The payment or delivery of property to the Treasurer shall operate as a full, absolute and unconditional release and discharge of the holder from any and all claims or demands of or liability to any person entitled thereto, or to any other claimant or state, and the payment or delivery may be pleaded as an absolute bar to any action brought against the holder by any other person entitled thereto, or by any other claimant or state. Once properly pleaded, the holder shall immediately and thereafter be relieved of and held harmless from...
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37-2-21
Section 37-2-21 Bills of lading or receipts - When issued; contents; receipt for cotton in bales; common-law liability not affected. (a) Every transportation company receiving property for transportation, originating and terminating in this state, shall issue to the shipper a receipt or bill of lading therefor in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped and the rate to the point of destination and aggregate charge made for the transportation and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage or injury to such property negligently caused by it or by any transportation company to which said property may be delivered, or over whose lines such property may pass; and no contract, stipulation, receipt, rule or regulation contained in said receipt or bill of lading, or otherwise, shall exempt such transportation company from the liability hereby imposed; but nothing in this subsection shall deprive any holder of such receipt or bill of lading of any...
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40-15-7
Section 40-15-7 Nonresident decedents. (a) Except as herein otherwise provided, all of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to so much of the estates of nonresident decedents as is subject to estate tax under the act of Congress in effect at the time of the death of decedent as consists of real estate or tangible personal property located within this state or other items of property or interest therein lawfully subject to the imposition of an estate tax by the State of Alabama. (b) In assessing the tax upon any real estate or tangible property located within this state belonging to the estate of a nonresident decedent, which shall pass by will, devise or by the laws of intestacy, the Department of Revenue shall determine the tax due to be such proportion of the federal estate tax as would be leviable upon an estate of similar taxable net value, less that proportion of any exemption to which the estate is entitled, which the actual value of the real estate and tangible...
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45-25-243
Section 45-25-243 Lodging tax levied. (a) In DeKalb County, in addition to all other taxes imposed by law, there is levied a privilege or license tax in the amount herein prescribed against every person within the county engaging in the business of renting or furnishing a room or rooms, lodging or accommodations, to a transient in a hotel, motel, inn, condominium, house, tourist court, or another place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for a consideration. The amount of the tax shall be equal to two percent of the charge for the rooms, lodgings, or accommodations, including the charge for use of rental or personal property and services furnished in the room or rooms within DeKalb County and one percent of the charge within the corporate limits of Fort Payne. (b)(l) There are exempted from the tax levied by this section, and from the computation of the amount of the tax levied or payable all of the following: Charges for property sold or...
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40-21-121
Section 40-21-121 Levy of tax; procedure for collecting tax. (a) There is hereby levied, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and shall be collected as provided herein, a privilege or license tax against every home service provider doing business in the State of Alabama on account of the furnishing of mobile telecommunications service to a customer with a place of primary use in the State of Alabama by said home service provider. The amount of the tax shall be determined by the application of the rates against gross sales or gross receipts, as the case may be, from the monthly charges from the furnishing of mobile telecommunications service to a customer with a place of primary use in the State of Alabama and shall be computed monthly with respect to each person to whom services are furnished at the rate of four percent on bills dated prior to February 1, 2002, and at the rate of six percent on bills dated on or after February 1, 2002, regardless of when the...
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