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Important Business Tax Legislation to Watch in the 2024 Alabama Regular Session

As we strive to do annually, here is a summary of the major items of business tax legislation that have been introduced or we expect to be introduced during the 2024 regular session, which began February 6. From a tax and...more

Alabama Department of Revenue Panel Discusses Key Administrative Developments

As part of the annual meeting of the Alabama State Bar Tax Section held in Montgomery on August 16, representatives from the Alabama Department of Revenue (ALDOR) provided a helpful update on some key legislative and...more

Notable Alabama Tax Legislation for the 2023 Regular Session

The Alabama Legislature adjourned sine die on June 6 and concluded a productive session for tax and incentive bills. A few of the notable measures include the renewal of and enhancements to the Alabama Jobs Act and Growing...more

Important Business Tax Legislation to Watch in the 2023 Alabama Regular Session

The start date for the Alabama Legislature’s 2023 regular session is near: Tuesday, March 7. As we do annually, here are some of the major items of business tax legislation we expect to see in the upcoming session...more

The Top 5 "Hottest" Alabama Tax Cases in the Past Year

We summarize here what we believe are the top 5 Alabama tax cases decided in the past year that would interest our CPA readers.  Not surprisingly, almost all are Alabama Tax Tribunal rulings, so in those instances we deleted...more

Two Important Alabama Tax Bills Cross the Finish Line Midway Through the 2022 Regular Session

The Alabama Legislature has now used 16 of its 30 legislative meeting days so far in the 2022 Regular Session. While the primary focus will be on passing the budgets for the next few weeks, the Legislature has already passed...more

ADOR Issues Guidance on New PTE Tax Election and Consequences of Decoupling from GILTI and IRC §118(b)(2)

At the urging of the Alabama Society of CPAs and other groups, the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADOR) recently issued preliminary guidance on (a) how the new pass-through entity (PTE) tax election interacts with the...more

Alabama Enacts Landmark TCJA Reform/CARES Act Exemptions

On February 12, Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law Act 2021-1, introduced only two weeks before as House Bill 170 (and its counterpart SB 98), and designated three separate acts: (1) the Alabama Taxpayer Stimulus Freedom Act of...more

Snapshot: Corporate Income and Franchise Taxes in the USA

How is taxable income determined in your state? To what extent is the state income tax base aligned with the federal income tax base? Alabama levies a corporate income tax on business entities classified as taxable or “C”...more

Legislative Task Force on the Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Releases Its Final Report - SALT Alert: Alabama Edition

The Alabama Legislature was stymied last year over proposals to decouple from or conform with various provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). As a compromise, the Legislature formed a Joint Legislative Task...more

Business Council of Alabama and Birmingham Business Alliance Announce Their 2020 Tax/Economic Development Legislative Agendas -...

The influential Business Council of Alabama (BCA), founded in 1985, and the Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA), the state’s oldest and largest chamber of commerce, have each officially approved their 2020 legislative agendas....more

Alabama Legislature Passes Landmark Financial Institution Excise Tax Reform Bill and Forms Corporate Tax Reform Study Group - SALT...

On Tuesday night, May 28, Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law House Bill 419, the Alabama Financial Institution Excise Tax Reform Act of 2019 (FIETRA), which resulted from a collaborative effort between the banking community,...more

Proposed Updates to Alabama Business Tax Laws: Summary of the Financial Institution Excise Tax Reform Act of 2019 and Alabama...

Two landmark bills were introduced in the Alabama Legislature on April 11, potentially affecting numerous businesses in the state. Committees of the House of Representatives are expected to consider the Financial Institution...more

First Round of Opportunity Zone Guidance Proposed by Treasury Department - Economic Development News

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created the Opportunity Zone program, which was designed to encourage investment in economically distressed communities by allowing taxpayers to defer and potentially exclude certain portions of...more

Summary of Newly Released ADOR Analysis of Federal Tax Reform's Impact on Alabama Income Tax Laws - SALT Alert: Alabama Edition

On July 31, the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADOR) released its long-awaited “Analysis of Federal Tax Law Revisions on the State of Alabama,” a comprehensive review of the changes brought about by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more

Alabama Legislature Passes Bill to Address Calculation of Credit for Taxes Paid to Other States - State & Local Tax Alert: Alabama...

Gov. Kay Ivey signed House Bill 384, into law last Wednesday, March 28, ending a debate that has lasted for almost a decade over the scope of the individual income tax credit for certain taxes paid to other states. ...more

Gov. Ivey Nominates 158 Census Tracts as Alabama Opportunity Zones

Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey designated 158 qualifying low-income or distressed census tracts within Alabama as Opportunity Zones (OZ) under the new OZ program created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which defers and potentially...more

Recent Alabama Tax Legislative Developments

Many predicted that the 2018 regular session of the Alabama Legislature would be less eventful than in years past since members of the House of Representatives and Senate are up for re-election this year, and most lawmakers...more

PARCA Issues Updated Study: How Alabama Taxes Compare

The well-respected Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA), the non-profit think tank headquartered at Samford University in Birmingham, recently published its periodic report, How Alabama Taxes Compare, which...more

Impact of “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” on Important Federal Tax Credits

The “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the Act) has passed both chambers of Congress and is expected to be signed by President Trump on or before January 3, 2018. The final agreement among House and Senate Republicans includes rate...more

Recent Rulings on “Family Limited Liability Entity” Election Create Traps for the Unwary

Although every LLC, limited partnership or other pass-through entity doing business in Alabama, and even those simply organized under Alabama law, are subject to an annual business privilege tax (BPT), certain entities can...more

Department of Revenue Issues Favorable Ruling for Tax Credit Scholarship Donors - State & Local Tax Alert: Alabama Edition

Since the landmark Alabama Accountability Act was enacted in 2013, allowing individual and corporate donors to provide scholarship funds for underprivileged children in our state who are zoned for underperforming public...more

Alabama Tax Legislative Summary: 2017 Regular Session -- Some Unofficial Predictions For Upcoming Session(s)

The Alabama Legislature adjourned late Friday, May 19, with several tax bills crossing the finish line during the final week (and many on the last day). Both the Education Trust Fund and General Fund budgets were passed by...more

Alabama Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Reinstated through 2022

The original Alabama Historic Tax Credit (“HTC”) program was successful in stimulating the redevelopment of aging properties across Alabama, and was particularly recognized for its role in the revitalization of downtown...more

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