Alabama § 40-23-197 Disposition of Funds

Alabama Statutes

§ 40-23-197 — Disposition of Funds

Alabama·Title 40 Revenue and Taxation·Ch. 23 Sales and Use Taxes·Art. 6 Tax on Remote Sellers·Div. 3 Conditions for Remote Entity Nexus·Part 2 Simplified Seller Use Tax Remittance Act

(a)The proceeds of simplified sellers use tax paid pursuant to this part shall be appropriated to the department, which shall retain the amount necessary to fund the administrative costs of implementing and operating the program and to cover the amounts paid for refunds authorized in Section 40-23-196. The balance of the amounts collected shall be distributed as follows:

(1)Fifty percent to the State Treasury and allocated 75 percent to the General Fund and 25 percent to the Education Trust Fund.

(2)Twenty-five percent to each county in the state on a prorated basis according to population as determined in the most recent federal census prior to the distribution.

(3)Twenty-five percent of funds to be distributed to each municipality in the state on a prorated basis according to populat

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(a) The proceeds of simplified sellers use tax paid pursuant to this part shall be appropriated to the department, which shall retain the amount necessary to fund the administrative costs of implementing and operating the program and to cover the amounts paid for refunds authorized in Section 40-23-196. The balance of the amounts collected shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Fifty percent to the State Treasury and allocated 75 percent to the General Fund and 25 percent to the Education Trust Fund.
(2) Twenty-five percent to each county in the state on a prorated basis according to population as determined in the most recent federal census prior to the distribution.
(3) Twenty-five percent of funds to be distributed to each municipality in the state on a prorated basis according to population as determined in the most recent federal census prior to the distribution.
(b) Effective for tax periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019, the net proceeds after the distribution provided in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) shall be distributed 60 percent to each municipality in the state on a basis of the ratio of the population of each municipality to the total population of all municipalities in the state as determined in the most recent federal census prior to distribution and 40 percent to each county in the state, and deposited into the general fund of the respective county commission, on a basis of the ratio of the population of each county to the total population of all counties in the state as determined in the most recent federal census prior to the distribution.
(c) The distribution of the proceeds from the simplified sellers use tax paid to counties and municipalities shall occur quarterly in a manner prescribed by the department.

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