Sales & Use Tax

St. Clair County Sales Tax Department ACH Credit Payment Method

General Your company must be pre-approved to pay St. Clair County taxes using the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Credit Payment Method. This notice provides St. Clair County’s information for making those payments once approval has been obtained. Taxpayers that do not obtain pre-approval, or who otherwise do not comply with the below requirements may not be permitted to remit tax payments using the ACH Credit Method and may be subject to late payment penalties and interest.

The EFT tax payments must be transferred to St. Clair County's bank account by the due date of the taxes.  The EFT payment must be transmitted one business day before the DUE DATE prior to your bank's cut-off-time, for the payment to be considered timely paid.  Please contact St. Clair County for the bank transit / routing number and the bank account number to use for making the payments:

St. Clair County St. Clair County Sales Tax Department Sandra Rankin, Clerk Email: salestax@stclairco.com Phone: 205-594-2108 165 5th Ave, Ste 102 Ashville, AL 35953 Fax: 205-594-2110 Website: www.stclairco.com

Alabama Department of Revenue Guidelines St. Clair County generally adheres to the Alabama Department of Revenue rules as contained in the EFT Program Guide Booklet of ACH Credit Payment Method Procedures & Guidelines available online from ADOR. Taxpayers should be familiar with these guidelines.

Addenda Record Required Taxpayer is responsible for providing its financial institution with the information necessary to initiate a timely ACH Credit transaction utilizing the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) CCD+ entry and the TXP Banking Convention Addenda Record. Additional information concerning the TXP Banking Convention Addenda Record required by St. Clair County can be found below.

TXP Banking Convention Addenda Record Format

Confirmation Number This number is provided to the taxpayer when the online return is submitted, which should appear as follows on the return printed by the taxpayer:

Taxpayer ID Tax Code:  SC Taxpayer Account Number:  This is your tax account number assigned to you by St. Clair County (right justified, zero filled).

TXP Code 04801

St. Clair County Recommendations for the Company Batch Header Record Periodically, due to error or software problems, the entire TXP Addenda Record may not be received by St. Clair County. If that occurs, it may not be possible to identify the taxpayer making the payment. To assist in resolving these errors/conditions, please provide the following information in the Company Batch Header Record:

See NACHA’s annual ACH Rules: A Complete Guide to Rules & Regulations Governing the ACH Network for a more complete description of the Company Batch Header Record.