Act No. 2022-352 by Sen. Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro, and Rep. Kyle South, R-Fayette Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, unstamped tobacco products will be subject to immediate confiscation, under legislation signed into law April 13. “People are buying tobacco products in surrounding…
Starting Jan. 1, 2023, the number of job searches required by unemployment claimants will increase from one to three weekly, under Act No. 2022-301. The law signed April 12 requires an unemployed individual to contact at least three prospective employers…
Act No. 2022-294 by Rep. Lynn Greer, R-Rogersville, and Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur A law that takes effect July 1 gives those 65 or older an income tax exemption for the first $6,000 in taxable retirement income beginning in 2023….
The Alabama Legislature’s 2022 regular session ended late Thursday with two new tax cuts on the governor’s desk and one signed into law. Lowering the alcohol server age in restaurants by a year and allowing drive-thru beer and wine and curbside alcohol also made…
During its 2022 regular and special session, the Alabama Legislature enacted several tax cuts, including some key tax cuts for business: Small Business Relief and Revitalization Act: As of May 1, almost 2,500 businesses that collect sales taxes will no…
The Alabama Legislature’s 2022 regular session was awash with alcohol-related legislation. In the week following the session, the governor signed into law legislation allowing 18-year-old servers in restaurants, drive-thru and curbside sales, hands-on alcohol production instruction in colleges and universities…
Legislation to completely eliminate Alabama’s minimum business privilege tax by 2024 was signed into law Wednesday. “This will go a long way in providing support for some 230,000 small businesses for years to come,” Gov. Kay Ivey said when she…
After the Alabama Legislature concurred in her executive amendment, the governor signed into law legislation defining workers for certain marketplace platforms, such as Uber, Grubhub, Lyft, Waitr and Alabama-based Shipt, as independent contractors. Act No. 2022-197 by Sen. Arthur Orr,…
Small Business Relief and Revitalization Act Act No. 2022-53 by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, and Sen. Garlan Gudger, R-Cullman Almost 2,500 businesses that collect sales taxes will no longer have to make monthly estimated payments, starting in May, and an…
The Alabama Legislature completed another three-day legislative week Thursday, leaving only four legislative days remaining in the 2022 regular session. There is some talk that lawmakers may work four straight days next week and not take the traditional week off…