40-7-8
Section 40-7-8 Oath to be used on bottom of assessment sheet. Each person making return of property for assessment shall, after the same shall have been listed, make and subscribe to the following oath, which shall be printed or written at the bottom of the assessment sheet and which may be administered by the tax assessor, his deputy, or any other officer authorized by law to administer oaths: "I do solemnly swear that the foregoing list of property returned by me (if not his own property, here state the capacity in which he returns such property for assessment) is a full and complete return of all the property owned by (here state 'me' if the property returned is his own property and, if not his own property, state the name of the person, corporation, or estate for whom the property is returned), or in which (here designate the owner for whom return is made) had any interest whatever, the situs of which for taxation, or exemption from taxation, is in this county, on the first of...
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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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40-2-18
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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40-7-14
Section 40-7-14 Taxpayer to give estimated values; preceding year's valuation entered by assessor. The person giving in property for taxation shall enter upon said list his estimated value of every item of personal property listed, for the information of the official or officials whose duty it is to fix the assessment valuation of taxable property, but nothing in this title shall be construed as requiring the taxpayer to make oath as to the value of the property. It shall be the duty of the tax assessor to enter upon the tax return in the column provided the next preceding year's valuation for assessment of real estate and improvements and also to note on the tax return list whether there has been any physical change, such as in improvements, etc., since the preceding year's assessment was made. Every person shall enter upon the assessment list his occupation and post-office address. (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, ยง45.)...
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45-13-120
Section 45-13-120 Compensation; election; oath and bond; office space, equipment; chief clerk; powers and duties; issuance of licenses; disposition of funds. (a)(1) Effective October 1, 1991, there is hereby created the office of commissioner of licenses. The salary of the commissioner of licenses shall be in the amount of thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000) annually. The annual salary shall be payable in equal biweekly installments from the general funds of the county, as all other county employees are paid. (2) The office of commissioner of licenses shall be established upon the occurrence of a vacancy before October 1, 1991, in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector, then, in that event, the officer remaining after the office of revenue commissioner is established, shall be the license commissioner for the remainder of the unexpired term for which he or she was elected as either tax assessor or as tax collector, as the case may be, and the license commissioner shall be...
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40-1-2
Section 40-1-2 Lien for taxes - Generally. (a) If any person liable to pay any tax, other than ad valorem taxes, neglects or refuses to pay the same the amount, including any interest, penalty, additional amount, or addition to such tax, together with any costs which may accrue in addition thereto, shall be a lien in favor of the State of Alabama upon all property and the rights to property, real or personal, belonging to such person. Unless another date is specifically fixed by law, the lien shall arise at the time the assessment list, return therefor or the payment thereof, as the case may be, was due to have been filed with or made to the Department of Revenue or other agency of the state or county and shall continue until the liability for such amount is satisfied or becomes unenforceable by reason of the lapse of time. (b) Such lien shall not be valid against any mortgagee, purchaser in the usual course of trade, or conventional judgment creditor with an actual money judgment of...
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40-7-4
Section 40-7-4 Taxpayer to attend appointment and return list of property; failure to furnish description of real estate. It is the duty of every person in every election precinct to attend in person before the assessor on the first day of the appointment in the precinct of the taxpayer's residence and then and there to render to the assessor under oath a full and complete list of all property of which he was owner, or in which he had any interest whatever, or of which he was trustee or agent on October 1 of that year. The land and improvements thereon and homesteads must be separately listed and valued. On failure of the taxpayer for 30 days after demand or notice by the tax assessor to furnish a sufficient description of his real estate, said tax assessor shall secure such description from the records of conveyance in the office of the probate court of his county, and if he is unable to get a sufficient description from such records, then by a survey of property by the county...
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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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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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40-2A-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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