Title 40

Where appropriate returns are made and information supplied by the legal representative of any estate subject to the tax imposed hereby, the Department of Revenue shall assess the tax due in time to enable such legal representative to make payment of the same and receive credit u…

In the event that the estate of any decedent taxable hereunder shall include property situated outside of the state, the proportion of the federal estate tax leviable hereunder against or in respect to the property of the estate subject to the tax imposed hereby shall be that pro…

Unless the decedent directs otherwise in his or her will, all estate taxes, whether state or federal, payable by reason of the death of the decedent, shall be paid by the executor or other personal representative out of the estate property and shall be a charge against the residu…

The administration of this chapter is vested in and shall be exercised by the Department of Revenue, which shall prescribe the forms and reasonable rules of procedure in conformity with this chapter for making returns and for ascertainment, assessment and collection of the taxes …

Subject to the exception hereinafter stated, there is hereby levied and imposed upon all net estates passing by will, devise or under the intestate laws of the State of Alabama, or otherwise, which are lawfully subject to the imposition of an estate tax by the State of Alabama, a…

It is hereby made the duty of the executor of the estate of any person who has died a resident of Alabama and upon which estate the tax imposed under any federal revenue act has not been paid, and the executor of any person who may hereafter die a resident of this state, and whos…

The tax imposed by this chapter shall be paid and the return required by Section 40-15-3 shall be filed on or before nine months after the decedent’s death and shall be paid by the personal representative to the Department of Revenue; provided, that where the Department of Revenu…

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 …

(a) Except as herein otherwise provided, all of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to so much of the estates of nonresident decedents as is subject to estate tax under the act of Congress in effect at the time of the death of decedent as consists of real estate or…

Moneys, credits, securities and other intangible personal property within the state not employed in carrying on any business therein by the owner shall be deemed to be located at the domicile of the owner for purposes of death taxation and, if held in trust, shall not be deemed t…

This chapter shall be effective only as to the property of residents of states which grant to property of residents of Alabama a similar exemption from death taxation. In the event, however, that such reciprocal provision contained in this section shall be declared unconstitution…