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Long-standing Regulation Exempting Private Schools from Sales and Use Tax Held Invalid

In a ruling that could have widespread impact, the Alabama Department of Revenue’s (“ADOR”) Chief Administrative Law Judge Bill Thompson held that private schools in Alabama are not exempt from state or local sales and use...more

8/21/2013  /  Private Schools , Sales & Use Tax

Alabama Department of Revenue Withdraws and Replaces Proposed Local Nexus Rule - New Proposal Likely to be More Palatable to the...

The Alabama Department of Revenue (“ADOR”) has withdrawn its controversial proposed local nexus rule, Ala. Admin. Code prop. r. 810-6-5-.04.02, and replaced it with a proposal that is narrower in scope and more...more

Eleventh Circuit Rules Alabama’s Sales Tax on Railroads Violates 4R Act; What’s Next?

In the latest decision in the ongoing saga between CSX and the Alabama Department of Revenue (“ADOR”), the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Alabama’s imposition of sales tax on diesel fuel purchases by...more

Circuit Court Rules that State-Local Disconformity Cannot Benefit a Local Government

As with many states, Alabama provides an exemption from its sales and use tax if tangible personal property is purchased for the purpose of leasing or renting it to a third party. Alabama Code sections 40-23-1 and 40-23-63(4)...more

State & Local Tax Alert: Recent Developments in the State Taxation of Pass-Through Entities

In This Issue: - Nonresident Owner Nexus - Apportionment of Multistate Income - Entity-Level Income Tax Withholding - Composite Returns - Entity-Level Taxes - Issues Unique to S...more

Wrap-Up of Alabama Legislature Actions

The Alabama Legislature adjourned near midnight on May 20, closing a session that saw lawmakers grant final passage of the two operating budgets and of amendments to the controversial Alabama Accountability Act. With respect...more

Alabama DOR Issues Controversial Local Nexus Regulation: Would Dramatically Alter the Rule on Delivery Nexus

On April 30, the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADOR) issued a proposed regulation regarding sellers’ obligations to collect and remit sales or use tax to Alabama cities and counties that would radically change the landscape...more

5/14/2013  /  Jurisdiction , Nexus , Sales & Use Tax

New PARCA Report Examines State and Local Tax Burdens

A new report by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA), a well-respected nonprofit research organization headquartered at Samford University in Birmingham, shows that frequent statements during the 2012...more

Mississippi Legislature Passes Two Bills that Should Provide Greater Certainty to Businesses and Spur Economic Development

The Mississippi Legislature recently passed two bills that should provide greater certainty to businesses and spur economic development in the Magnolia State. House Bill 892, signed into law by Governor Phil Bryant on March...more

Several Alabama Business and Professional Associations Announce Their 2013 Tax Legislative Agendas: 2013 Session Shaping Up to Be...

In preparation for the 2013 session of the Alabama Legislature, which begins on February 5, several of Alabama’s most prominent business and trade organizations have finalized their 2013 legislative agendas. Most notably, the...more

Nexus Not Established Merely by Sporadic Sales Call

The Administrative Law Division of the Alabama Department of Revenue has ruled that one sales call by a single salesman in a local taxing jurisdiction does not establish nexus with the local jurisdiction for purposes of...more

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