Title 45

Each person engaging or continuing within Covington County in a business subject to the taxes levied pursuant to Section 45-20-242.51 shall add to the sales price or admission fee and collect from the purchaser or the person paying the admission fee the amount due by the taxpayer…

The taxes imposed pursuant to this subpart shall constitute a debt due Covington County and may be collected by civil suit, in addition to all other methods provided by law and in this subpart. The taxes, together with interest and penalties with respect thereto, shall constitute…

All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales tax, making of reports and keeping and preserving records with respect thereto, interest after due date of tax, penalties for failure to pay tax, make reports, or…

The State Department of Revenue shall charge Covington County for collecting the special county taxes levied such amount or percentage of total collections as may be agreed upon by the Commissioner of Revenue and the county governing body, but such charge shall not in any event e…

The revenue derived by the county from the taxes levied under this subpart shall be deposited in the county general fund for expenditures for purposes of the county. (Act 82-55, p. 67, §11.)

(a) The Covington County Tax Collector or county tax collecting official shall collect any applicable municipal and/or county use tax authorized by general or local law for the local taxing jurisdiction in which the purchaser resides, or, if a business, the business location, on …

(a) This section shall only apply to Covington County. (b) All words, terms, and phrases as defined in Sections 40-23-60, 40-23-61, 40-23-62, and 40-23-63, providing for the levy of a state use tax shall wherever used in this section, have the same meanings respectively ascribed …

In Covington County, in addition to all other taxes imposed by law, there is levied a privilege or license tax in the amount herein prescribed against every person within the county engaging in the business of renting or furnishing a room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations to a…

(a) Each of the following charges are exempted from the provisions of the tax levied by this part and from the computation of the amount of the tax levied or payable: Charges for property sold or services furnished which are required to be included in the tax levied by the state …

(a) The tax levied by this part, except as otherwise provided, shall be due and payable to the Covington County Commission, or Department of Revenue, or other collection agent as may be designated by resolution of the county commission, on or before the 20th day of the month next…

All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state lodging tax, making of reports and keeping and preserving records, interest after due date of tax, or otherwise; the promulgation of rules and regulations with respec…

Except as otherwise provided in this part, all proceeds from the tax levied by this part shall be deposited into the Covington County General Fund for any purpose deemed appropriate by the Covington County Commission. (Act 98-658, p. 1444, §5; Act 2009-379, p. 703, §1.)

None of the provisions of this part shall be applied in a manner to violate the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. If a provision of this part is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining provision of this part. (Act 98-658, p. 1444, §6.)

The designated collection agent shall charge and deduct from the proceeds of the tax levied, an amount equal to the cost to the agency of making the collections and the charge shall not exceed five percent of the total amount of tax collected. Following that deduction, the agent …