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HB258
173440-1:n:02/03/2016:LFO-KF*/bdl HB258 By Representative Scott RFD Financial Services Rd 1
18-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, Certified Public Accountants, Attorneys, and Enrolled
Agents are required to obtain a license or certification in order to prepare tax returns in
Alabama. However, there are few provisions in place to protect consumers against individual
income tax preparers that repeatedly misrepresent information on their tax returns. This legislation
would require certain tax preparers to register with the Department, prior to preparing returns,
which will help regulate services, prohibit unregistered persons from performing said services,
and establish penalties for violators. It would also establish qualifications for registration,
requirements of disclosures to consumers, and exemptions to those obligated to register. The
legislation also establishes an Individual Tax Preparers Fund that will be used to provide
for the cost associated with the administration and...
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SB73
SB73 By Senator Holley ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to boards of registrars; to amend Section
17-3-5, Code of Alabama 1975, by increasing from $60 to $80 the daily salary for each member
of a board of registrars. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 17-3-5,
Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §17-3-5. "(a) Each registrar shall
receive a salary in the amount of sixty dollars ($60) eighty dollars ($80) per day for each
day's attendance upon business of the board, to be paid by the state and disbursed to the
county commissions and disbursed by the county commissions to each registrar on order of a
quorum of the board of registrars of the county. The state Comptroller shall issue to each
county commission on a monthly basis an amount sufficient to fund these payments plus the
employer share of the Social Security or Federal Insurance Corporation Act tax. The county
commission will provide to the state Comptroller an invoice itemized to reflect...
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HB436
Rep(s). By Representative Shedd HB436 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to Blount County; authorizing
the county commission to levy an additional sales and use tax; providing for the collection,
distribution, and use of the proceeds of the tax; and providing for a referendum on the issue.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall apply only to Blount
County and be known as the Moving Blount County Forward Initiative. Section 2. As used in
this act, sales and use tax means a tax imposed by the state sales and use tax statutes and
such other acts applicable to Blount County, including, but not limited to, Sections 40-23-1,
40-23-2, 40-23-3, 40-23-4, 40-23-60, 40-23-61, 40-23-62, and 40-23-63, Code of Alabama 1975.
Section 3. Subject to the approval of a majority of the electors voting at a referendum as
provided for herein, the County Commission of Blount County may, upon a majority vote of the
members, levy, in addition to all other taxes, including, but not...
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SB90
SB90 By Senator Orr ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to taxation; to provide definitions; to provide
a tax credit for employers that employ an apprentice; to provide a cumulative cap on tax credits
allowed; to provide rulemaking authority; and to require the Workforce Development Division
of the Department of Commerce to provide an annual report to certain legislative committees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be
cited as the Apprenticeship Tax Credit Act of 2016. Section 2. For the purposes of this act,
the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPRENTICE. A worker at least 16
years of age, except where a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is
employed to learn an apprenticeable occupation as provided in 29 C.F.R. Part 29.4. The term
includes a person who is compensated by a third party but whose apprenticeable work occurs
under the supervision of an eligible employer. (2) APPRENTICESHIP...
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HB179
173881-1:n:02/10/2016:DSM/cj LRS2016-540 HB179 By Representative Patterson RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 11-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, Alabama employers with less than 50
employees may qualify for an income tax or financial institution excise tax credit for hiring
recently deployed unemployed veterans who have been discharged from active service within
two years from the date of hire. This bill would rename the Heroes for Hire Tax Credit Act
of 2012 as the Veterans Employment Act and provide further for the definition of an unemployed
veteran. This bill would allow Alabama employers with less than 50 employees to qualify for
an income tax or financial institution excise tax credit for hiring unemployed veterans regardless
of when the veterans were discharged from active service. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To
amend Sections 40-18-320, 40-18-321, and 40-18-322, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to tax
credits for hiring veterans; to rename the act the Veterans Employment...
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HB38
Rep(s). By Representatives Tuggle, Mooney, Wingo, Hill (M), Weaver, Harper, Fridy, Chesteen,
Lee, Ledbetter, Wilcox, Sanderford, Clouse, Boothe, McCutcheon, Baker, McMillan, Millican,
Greer, Martin, Beckman, Fincher, Pettus, Garrett, Carns, Shedd, Poole, Hubbard, Faulkner,
South and Johnson (K) HB38 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-2A-3,
Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the definitions of Taxpayer Advocate and taxpayer assistance
order; to amend Section 40-2A-4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Taxpayer Advocate;
to provide for the appointment of the advocate by the Governor; to require the advocate to
maintain a public website; to require the advocate to promote the interests of taxpayers involved
in disputes where an ambiguity in tax law exists; to remove the assistant commissioner's authority
to approve taxpayer assistance orders; to require an annual report to certain legislative
committees regarding tax law ambiguities; to provide for additional...
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HB451
Rep(s). By Representative Robinson HB451 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to financial institution
excise tax; to amend Section 40-16-4, Code of Alabama 1975; to eliminate the requirement that
the allocation and apportionment formula prescribed by the Department of Revenue for financial
institutions be substantially the same as the allocation and apportionment formula recommended
by the Multistate Tax Commission. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section
40-16-4, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §40-16-4. "(a)(1) Every
such financial institution engaging in any of the following businesses: "(i) Banking;
"(ii) Conducting the business of a financial institution as defined in this chapter;
"(iii) Conducting a credit card business through the issuance of credit cards to Alabama
residents or businesses; or "(iv) Conducting a business employing moneyed capital coming
into competition with the business of national banks shall pay to the state annually for...
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SB75
173309-2:n:02/01/2016:DSM/cj LRS2016-272 SB75 By Senator Dial RFD Finance and Taxation Education
Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, Alabama employers with less than 50 employees
may qualify for an income tax or financial institution excise tax credit for hiring recently
deployed unemployed veterans who have been discharged from active service within two years
from the date of hire. This bill would rename the Heroes for Hire Tax Credit Act of 2012 as
the Veterans Employment Act and provide further for the definition of an unemployed veteran.
This bill would allow Alabama employers with less than 50 employees to qualify for an income
tax or financial institution excise tax credit for hiring unemployed veterans regardless of
when the veterans were discharged from active service. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend
Sections 40-18-320, 40-18-321, and 40-18-322, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to tax credits
for hiring veterans; to rename the act the Veterans Employment Act; to...
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SB407
176920-1:n:04/12/2016:MCS/tj LRS2016-1552 SB407 By Senator Sanders RFD Tourism and Marketing
Rd 1 12-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, bingo may be played in the Town of White Hall
pursuant to Amendment 674 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. This bill proposes an amendment
to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, that would provide that electronic bingo may be played
in the Town of Whitehall and Lowndes County on any machine or device that is authorized by
the National Indian Gaming Commission pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C.
§ 2701 et seq., and which is operated by any Native American tribe in Alabama; levy a state
gross receipts tax and a county gross receipts tax on electronic bingo gaming; levy a tax
on vendors of bingo gaming equipment; provide for the administration of electronic bingo by
the Town Council of White Hall; provide for the allocation of the gaming tax proceeds to the
State of Alabama and Lowndes County; and provide for the distribution...
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SB272
174272-1:n:02/17/2016:LFO-HP/bdl SB272 By Senator Dial RFD Finance and Taxation Education Rd
1 18-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the state imposes sales or use taxes upon certain
persons, firms, or corporations. Sales of certain items are taxed at a reduced rate. Sales
of other items are exempt from the taxes. This bill would increase the state sales and use
tax general rate to four and one-half percent on September 1, 2016 and to five percent on
September 1, 2017. This bill would phase out the state sales and use taxes on food over a
two-year period by reducing the rates by two percentage points per year beginning September
1, 2016. This bill would exempt sales of food from the sales and use taxes beginning September
1, 2017. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 40-23-2 and 40-23-61, Code of Alabama
1975, to increase the state sales and use tax general rates to four and one-half percent on
September 1, 2016 and five percent on September 1, 2017; to phase out the state...
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