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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11-51-191
Section 11-51-191 Determination of amounts due; preliminary and final assessments; review; appeal; refund for overpayment. (a) If the taxing jurisdiction determines that the amount of any business license tax reported on or remitted with a business license remittance form is incorrect, if no business license remittance form is filed within the time prescribed, or if the information provided on the form is insufficient to allow the taxing jurisdiction to determine the proper amount of business license tax due, the taxing jurisdiction may calculate the correct amount of the tax based on the most accurate and complete information reasonably obtainable. The taxing jurisdiction may thereafter enter a preliminary assessment for the correct amount of business license tax, including any applicable penalty and interest. Nothing contained herein shall limit or restrict a municipality's right to seek injunctive relief under Section 11-51-150, et seq. (b) If the amount of business license tax...
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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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40-2A-3
Section 40-2A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 2B, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSOCIATE ALABAMA TAX TRIBUNAL JUDGE. An associate judge as defined in Section 40-2B-2. (2) AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE. Any individual, including, but not limited to, an attorney or certified public accountant with written authority or power of attorney to represent a taxpayer before the department or the Alabama Tax Tribunal; provided however, that nothing herein shall be construed as entitling any such individual who is not a licensed attorney to engage in the practice of law. (3) CHIEF ALABAMA TAX TRIBUNAL JUDGE or CHIEF JUDGE. The chief judge as defined in Section 40-2B-2. (4) COMMISSIONER. The commissioner of the department or his or her delegate. (5) COMPTROLLER. The Comptroller of the State of Alabama. (6) DELEGATE. When used with reference to the commissioner means any officer or employee of the department duly authorized by the commissioner,...
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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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40-15-5
Section 40-15-5 Amended return showing change in federal tax. In the event that the federal authorities shall, after the filing of the return with the Department of Revenue, increase or decrease the amount of the federal estate taxes as a result of appeal or otherwise, an amended return shall be filed with the Department of Revenue showing all the changes made in the original return and the amount of final increase or decrease in the federal estate tax. If the amended return shall show an increase in the amount of the federal estate tax, the Department of Revenue shall assess against and there shall be payable in respect to said estate any deficiency in the tax theretofore paid or assessed. If the amended return shall show a decrease in the federal estate taxes, the Department of Revenue, on receipt of an appropriate certificate of refund, abatement or recovery, shall forthwith certify the amount of such refund found to be due to such estate to the Comptroller, who, upon receipt of...
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40-18-103
Section 40-18-103 Procedure for setoff and notification of taxpayer. (a) A county or municipality may submit a debt of at least $25 owed to it for collection under this chapter. Provided, however, that a county or municipality must submit the debt to the department through one of the following: (1) The Association of County Commissions of Alabama or an entity established through the Association of County Commissions of Alabama. (2) The Alabama League of Municipalities or an entity established through the Alabama League of Municipalities. The organization which submits a debt on behalf of any county or municipality may assess a reasonable fee, which shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) for submitting the debt. This fee may be assessed against the debtor and collected as the first amount set off against any tax refund. (b) Within a time frame specified by the department, a claimant agency seeking to collect a debt through setoff shall supply the information necessary to identify each...
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40-2A-4
Section 40-2A-4 Taxpayers' bill of rights. (a) Rights of the taxpayer. (1) For purposes of this subsection and subsections (c) and (d), the term "department" shall include the Department of Revenue, a self-administered county or municipality, or a private examining or collecting firm, depending on whether the Department of Revenue, a self-administered county or municipality, or private examining or collecting firm is conducting the examination of the taxpayer. (2) At or before the commencement of an examination of the books and records of a taxpayer, the department shall provide to the taxpayer the current version of Publication 1A. Publication 1A shall provide, in simple and non-technical terms, a statement of the taxpayer's rights. Those rights include the right to be represented during an examination, an explanation of their appeal rights, and the right to know the criteria and procedures used to select taxpayers for an examination. (3) At or before the issuance of a preliminary...
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40-2A-11.1
Section 40-2A-11.1 Civil penalties for unethical tax preparation conduct. (a) For purposes of the individual income tax imposed by Chapter 18, if there is an understatement of liability on a return that would cause a tax return preparer to be subject to the penalties imposed by 26 U.S.C. §6694, except §6694(c), §6700, or §6701, and if any of the failures enumerated in 26 U.S.C. §6695, except §6695(e) and (g), occurs, the department may impose upon the tax return preparer a penalty in accordance with 26 U.S.C. §§6694(a), (b), (d), (e), and (f); §§6695(a), (b), (c), (d), and (f); §§6696(a) and (c), §6700, and §6701, as in effect from time to time. (b) For purposes of this section: (1) "Subject to this title" shall be substituted for references in the specified federal statutes to "imposed by subtitle A." (2) "Commissioner" will be substituted for references in the specified federal statutes to "secretary." (3) References in these federal statutes to federal district courts...
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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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