Tax Updates

Amazon Now Collecting Sales Taxes Throughout Alabama

Amazon Now Collecting Sales Taxes Throughout Alabama

Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, began collecting sales taxes in Alabama today (Nov. 1, 2016), just in time for the 2016 holiday shopping period. Alabama Revenue Commissioner Julie Magee estimates Alabamians will purchase as much as $200 million in…

Feds Reject Higher Dispensing Fee; Pharmacy Provider Tax Void

Feds Reject Higher Dispensing Fee; Pharmacy Provider Tax Void

State Will Not Refund Tax; Expects to Take 8 Months to Recoup Fee Alabama pharmacists should have already received notices from the Alabama Medicaid Agency and the Alabama Department of Revenue informing them that a 15-cent increase in the pharmacy provider tax…

Revenue Adds Sales Tax Rate Lookup to its Website

Revenue Adds Sales Tax Rate Lookup to its Website

The Alabama Department of Revenue now has an online sales tax rate database on its website. Retailers can put a delivery address in the online lookup and get the sales tax rate for the various jurisdictions that apply to that address. Since the first day of 2014, a seller using…