The lodgings tax is a privilege tax on persons, firms, and corporations engaged in renting or furnishing rooms, lodgings, or other accommodations to transients for periods of less than 180 days of continuous occupation and applies to all charges for providing such accommodations. This tax also applies to charges for personal property used or furnished in such rooms or lodgings. Some examples of entities subject to this tax are those entities engaged in the operation of: hotels, motels, lodges, inns, tourist courts, tourist homes, camps, trailer courts, or any other place where rooms, apartments, cabins, sleeping accommodations, house trailer parking accommodations or other accommodations are made available to travelers, tourists, or other transients. A discount is allowed if the tax is paid before the 20th day of the month in which the tax is due. The lodgings tax discount consists of 5% on the first $100 of tax due, and 2% of all tax over $100. The tax is due monthly with returns and remittances to be filed on or before the 20th day of the month for the previous month’s lodgings. However, pursuant to Section 40-23-7, Code of Alabama 1975, you may request quarterly filing status if you have a tax liability of less than $2,400 for the preceding calendar year. You may request bi-annual filing if you have a tax liability of less than $1,200 for the preceding calendar year. You may also request bi-annual filing if you provide accommodations during no more than two thirty consecutive day periods during the preceding calendar year. You may request annual filing status if the tax liability for the entire preceding calendar year is less than $600. You may also request annual filing if you provide accommodations during no more than one thirty consecutive day period during the preceding calendar year. Changes to the filing status can only be requested each year before February 20th in order to file quarterly, bi-annually or annually for that calendar year. Note: If paying via EFT, the EFT payment information must be transmitted by 4:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time) on or before the due date, to be considered timely paid. Learn more
The state lodgings tax rate is 5% of the charges for accommodations in counties of the geographic region comprising the Alabama Mountain Lakes area (those being Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan and Winston counties). In all other Alabama counties, the state lodgings tax rate is 4% of the charges for accommodations.
Local lodgings tax is levied in the same manner as the State lodgings tax; these rates vary. However, we do not administer all county or city lodgings taxes. Therefore, be advised to contact all counties and municipalities in which you do business in order to determine if you should register with them to collect their local tax. Local lodgings tax is due monthly with returns and remittances to be filed on or before the 20th day of the month for the previous month’s lodgings. However, pursuant to Section 40-23-7, Code of Alabama 1975, you may request quarterly filing status if you have a tax liability of less than $2,400 for the preceding calendar year. You may request bi-annual filing if you have a tax liability of less than $1,200 for the preceding calendar year. You may also request bi-annual filing if you provide accommodations during no more than two thirty consecutive day periods during the preceding calendar year. You may request annual filing status if the tax liability for the entire preceding calendar year is less than $600. You may also request annual filing if you provide accommodations during no more than one thirty consecutive day period during the preceding calendar year. Changes to the filing status can only be requested each year before February 20th in order to file quarterly, bi-annually or annually for that calendar year. The discount for local sales tax is the same as for State sales tax. Note: If paying via EFT, the EFT payment information must be transmitted by 4:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time) on or before the due date, to be considered timely paid. Search Local Tax Rates
The lodgings tax is a privilege tax on persons, firms, and corporations engaged in renting or furnishing rooms, lodgings, or other accommodations to transients for periods of less than 180 days of continuous occupation and applies to all charges for providing such accommodations. This tax also applies to charges for personal property used or furnished in such rooms or lodgings. Some examples of entities subject to this tax are those entities engaged in the operation of: hotels, motels, lodges, inns, tourist courts, tourist homes, camps, trailer courts, or any other place where rooms, apartments, cabins, sleeping accommodations, house trailer parking accommodations or other accommodations are made available to travelers, tourists, or other transients. A discount is allowed if the tax is paid before the 20th day of the month in which the tax is due. The lodgings tax discount consists of 5% on the first $100 of tax due, and 2% of all tax over $100. The tax is due monthly with returns and remittances to be filed on or before the 20th day of the month for the previous month’s lodgings. However, pursuant to Section 40-23-7, Code of Alabama 1975, you may request quarterly filing status if you have a tax liability of less than $2,400 for the preceding calendar year. You may request bi-annual filing if you have a tax liability of less than $1,200 for the preceding calendar year. You may also request bi-annual filing if you provide accommodations during no more than two thirty consecutive day periods during the preceding calendar year. You may request annual filing status if the tax liability for the entire preceding calendar year is less than $600. You may also request annual filing if you provide accommodations during no more than one thirty consecutive day period during the preceding calendar year. Changes to the filing status can only be requested each year before February 20th in order to file quarterly, bi-annually or annually for that calendar year. Note: If paying via EFT, the EFT payment information must be transmitted by 4:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time) on or before the due date, to be considered timely paid. Learn more
The state lodgings tax rate is 5% of the charges for accommodations in counties of the geographic region comprising the Alabama Mountain Lakes area (those being Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan and Winston counties). In all other Alabama counties, the state lodgings tax rate is 4% of the charges for accommodations.
