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40-1-29
Section 40-1-29 Form of notices to taxpayers. Whenever and wherever a notice is required by
law to be given by the Department of Revenue, the Board of Equalization, the tax assessor
or the collector relating to the assessment and collection of taxes, and the method of giving
such notice is not prescribed, then such notice shall be given by either first class U.S.
mail, or, at the option of the department, certified or registered mail, return receipt demanded,
addressed to the last known address of the taxpayer. (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940,
T. 51, §908; Acts 1992, No. 92-186, p. 349, §18.)...
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40-3-16
Section 40-3-16 Duties generally; quorum; powers and duties of agents; protest procedure. It
shall be the duty of the boards of equalization to inspect, review, revise, and fix the value
of all the property returned to or listed with the assessing official for taxation each year;
provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the assessing official
or boards of equalization to value any property required by the law to be assessed for taxation
by the Department of Revenue. The majority of the board of equalization shall constitute a
quorum of the board for the performance of the duties required herein; provided, that at any
time the Department of Revenue shall deem it necessary it may go or send or use agents or
representatives in any county with authority to act in an advisory capacity and in conjunction
with the board of equalization and perform other duties, with respect to the valuation and
assessment of property for taxation, as may be required of them. Agents...
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40-7-25
Section 40-7-25 Estimation of fair market value; assessment list; notice; objections. Except
as otherwise provided by law, the assessing official shall, from information entered on the
tax return list and from all other information known to him or her, or which he or she may
procure, proceed to ascertain what, in his or her best judgment, is a fair and reasonable
market value of each item of property returned by or listed to any taxpayer; provided, that
the assessed value of any real estate or improvements as fixed for taxation for the year next
preceding the then current tax year shall be prima facie the basis of the value of the property
for assessment for the current tax year, and the property shall not be assessed for taxation
at a less valuation unless, upon evidence submitted to the county board of equalization, as
provided for herein, it is found that the assessed valuation of the property reviewed should
be reduced. The assessing official shall in separate columns enter on the...
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40-2-11
Section 40-2-11 Powers and duties generally. It shall be the duty of the Department of Revenue,
and it shall have the power and authority, in addition to the authority now in it vested by
law: (1) To have and exercise general and complete supervision and control of the valuation,
equalization, and assessment of property, privilege, or franchise and of the collection of
all property, privilege, license, excise, intangible, franchise, or other taxes for the state
and counties, and of the enforcement of the tax laws of the state, and of the several county
tax assessors and county tax collectors, probate judges, and each and every state and county
official, board, or commission charged with any duty in the enforcement of tax laws, to the
end that all taxable property in the state shall be assessed and taxes shall be imposed and
collected thereon in compliance with the law and that all assessments on property, privileges,
intangibles, and franchises in the state shall be made in exact...
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40-2-18
Section 40-2-18 Procedure after revaluation and equalization. Whenever the work of revaluing
and equalizing any class or classes of property has been completed by order of the Department
of Revenue, as provided herein, and the revised valuation has been entered on the tax return
list, the county board of equalization shall certify over their signatures to the correctness
thereof and shall deliver the tax return list showing the assessment and revaluation to the
assessing official of the county as their report, and the assessing official shall hold them
in his or her office subject to public inspection. The assessing official shall then give
notice by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in
the county, if any are published in the county and, if no newspaper is published in the county,
by posting notices in at least three public places in the county that the county board of
equalization has returned its report and that the same is open to public...
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40-29-23
Section 40-29-23 Levy and distraint. (a) Authority of commissioner or delegate. If any person
liable to pay any final assessment of tax neglects or refuses to pay the same or fails to
appeal such final assessment within 30 days, it shall be lawful for the commissioner to collect
such tax (and such further sum as shall be sufficient to cover the expenses of the levy) as
herein provided or as otherwise provided by law. The commissioner may levy upon all property
and rights for property belonging to such person or on which there is a lien as provided in
this chapter for the payment of such tax. If the Commissioner of Revenue or his delegate makes
a finding that the collection of such tax is in jeopardy, notice and demand for immediate
payment of such tax may be made and, upon failure or refusal to pay such tax, collection thereof
by levy shall be lawful without regard to the 30-day period provided in this chapter. (b)
Seizure and sale of property. The term "levy" as used in this chapter...
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40-7-23
Section 40-7-23 Assessment of escaped taxes; avoidance of penalty; notice and collection. (a)
Whenever the tax assessor, county revenue commissioner, or other assessing official shall
discover that any property, including any improvements on real estate assessed as vacant property,
has escaped taxation in any assessment within five years next preceding the current year,
he shall list, return, and value said property for assessment for the years during which same
has escaped taxation and shall also endorse on such returns the year or years for which the
property has escaped taxation and, except as provided in subsection (b) hereinafter, the accrual
of a penalty of 10 percent of the taxes assessed thereon for each year. (b) Any taxpayer who
escaped assessment of tangible personal property for taxable years ending on or before September
30, 1988 shall not have accrued to his account the 10 percent penalty, provided: (1) He files
a proper tax return and assesses such property not later...
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40-2A-7
Section 40-2A-7 Uniform revenue procedures. (a) Maintenance of records; audit and subpoena
authority; authority to issue regulations. (1) In addition to all other recordkeeping requirements
otherwise set out in this title, taxpayers shall keep and maintain an accurate and complete
set of records, books, and other information sufficient to allow the department to determine
the correct amount of value or correct amount of any tax, license, permit, or fee administered
by the department, or other records or information as may be necessary for the proper administration
of any matters under the jurisdiction of the department. The books, records, and other information
shall be open and available for inspection by the department upon request at a reasonable
time and location. (2) The department may examine and audit the records, books, or other relevant
information maintained by any taxpayer or other person for the purpose of computing and determining
the correct amount of value or correct...
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence
in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with
tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to
requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer
has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among
other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal
within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of
resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and
fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those
specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing
shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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40-10-4
Section 40-10-4 Notice to taxpayer - Service generally. (a) On receiving such book, as speedily
as practicable the judge of probate shall issue a notice addressed to each person against
whom any unpaid taxes are assessed as shown by such book, substantially in the following form:
"State of Alabama, (give name of county) county, to (give name of taxpayer): The tax
collector has filed in my office a list of delinquent taxpayers, and of real estate upon which
taxes are due. You are reported as delinquent, and your tax amounts to (here give amount of
taxes) with costs added. This is to notify you to appear before the probate court of said
county at the next term thereof, commencing on Monday, the _____ day of _____, 2__, then and
there to show cause, if any you have, why a decree for the sale of property assessed for taxation
as belonging to you should not be made for the payment of the taxes thereon and fees and costs.
(Here probate judge's signature). Judge of probate." Such notice must...
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