Title 40 — Title 40

Insofar as the other evidence and information adduced before said department does not make it appear to said department improper or unjust for it to do so, the said department shall, in fixing the true value of the entire property, tangible and intangible, of any company, corpora…

In addition to all other taxes of every kind imposed by this title, there is hereby levied a license or privilege tax upon each person engaged in the business of operating an express company in the State of Alabama for the privilege of engaging in such business; said license or p…

There shall be levied and collected from every person doing an express business between points wholly within this state and without reference to its interstate business, whether incorporated under the laws of this state or any other state or whether incorporated at all, a license…

In all cases where a public utility is required under this title to pay a privilege or license tax on gross receipts, such public utility shall make report to the Department of Revenue of such gross receipts to which such tax is applicable in a manner and form which will show the…

The Department of Revenue shall, upon receipt of any amount of money due for tax on gross receipts of any public utility, mail to such utility paying the tax a receipt therefor. Such a receipt shall state specifically the section of this title levying the tax for which such recei…

No county shall levy a privilege or license tax on any business or occupation on which a privilege or license tax is levied by this article or on any telephone or telegraph utility business. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §188; Acts 1992, No. 92-623, p. 1…

On or before March 1 of each year, the president, secretary, or auditor of any railroad company whose track or roadbed or any part thereof is in this state or, if such railroad is in the hands of a receiver or trustee, such receiver or trustee shall, under oath, make to the Depar…

The president, secretary, auditor, or managing agent in this state of every telegraph or telephone company, whose line or any part thereof is located within this state, must annually, on or before March 1 of each year, make under oath to the Department of Revenue a return, in suc…

(a) For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama. (2) DOMESTIC WATER. All water except water that is sold to persons for use or consumption in in…

It is the intention of the Legislature of Alabama that the tax herein levied shall apply to all utilities, as defined herein, in the State of Alabama. With respect to every tax exemption which may be enacted into law subsequent to the enactment of this article, there shall be a p…

Services. (a) There is hereby levied, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and shall be collected as herein provided, a privilege or license tax against every utility furnishing electricity, domestic water, or natural gas in the State of Alabama. The a…

(a) Smith’s Water Authority in Lee County, Alabama, is exempt from all taxes levied under Section 40-21- 82. (b) The Northeast Crenshaw Water and Fire Protection Authority in Crenshaw and Montgomery Counties, Alabama, is exempt from all taxes levied under Section 40-21-82. (c) Th…

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-595, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 20276. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. There are specifically excluded from the gross receipts or gross sales of a utility, all revenues derived from any of the following: (1) The furnishing of utility services which the State of Alab…

Any person regularly engaging in any business for which a privilege tax is imposed by Section 40-21-82 shall apply for and obtain from the department a license to engage in and to conduct the business of furnishing utility services for the then current tax year. Such license shal…

(a) The provisions of this article shall be administered and the tax herein levied shall be collected in accordance with the uniform procedures set forth in this title, along with the procedures set forth in Division 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 23 of this title, for administering a…

Every person engaged in the State of Alabama in the furnishing of utility services shall add to the price or charge for such utility services to every purchaser thereof an amount equal to the prescribed percentage of the gross price or gross charge therefor and shall collect said…

All taxes or other funds received or collected by the Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama under the provisions of this article remaining after the application of any exemptions, exclusions, deductions, or credits applicable thereto, and after the payment of the expenses…

Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any retailer, who relies in good faith on any state utility gross receipts tax exemption number that has been authorized by the Department of Revenue and the exemption claim has been made on a form provided or approved for use by the Depar…

Every electric power, hydroelectric power, every telegraph, telephone, or long distance telephone company shall include in each return made by it the following particulars: (1) The number of miles of right-of-way in the state belonging to such company and the number of miles of r…