In accordance with the Code of Alabama 1975, Title 9, Chapter 13, Sections 80-108 as amended, effective July 1, 2017, the forest products severance tax is now levied and collected on every person who owns timber prior to severance and engages in the business of severing timber or any other forest products in Alabama from the soil for sale, profit, or commercial use whether as owner, lessee, concessionaire, or contractor. There is also an additional privilege tax known as the forest products manufacturers tax levied against the manufacturer using the forest products in the manufacturing process in an amount equal to 50 percent of the severance tax.
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| MAT6045055 | (Company ID #) for Alabama Department of Revenue Payments |
| 2621862182 | for Company ID #’s for Self-Administered Jurisdiction Payments |
Payment Date: Payment Date is the date the payment will be sent to your bank. This date will default to the current date if payment is authorized prior to 4:00 p.m. CST, or the next day if payment is authorized after 4:00 p.m. CST. The Payment Date is editable if your payment is for a current return and is initiated before the Remit Due Date. In this case, you can choose to warehouse your payment up to the Remit Due Date.
If you wish for the payment to not be deducted from your bank account until the due date, you must edit the payment date field and enter that date. You can change this date to any date from the default Payment Date up to the remit due date. Unless you select a later date, the payment will be deducted from your bank account the next business day and paid directly to the government entity(s) listed under Pay To The Order Of.
Due Date: Due Date is the last date in which the payment is due before it is considered delinquent. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered timely paid an EFT payment must be transmitted by 4:00 p.m. CST on or before the Due Date so that the funds are immediately available to the State on the first banking day following the due date of payment.
Remit Due Date: Remit Due Date is the date in which you must submit the return for the EFT payment to be considered timely paid. NOTE: To be considered timely paid an EFT payment must be transmitted by 4:00 p.m. CST on or before the Due Date so that the funds are immediately available to the State on the first banking day following the due date of payment.
Early Filing and Payment, and Warehousing the Payment: If you make your payment prior to the Due Date, the payment will be deducted from your bank account the next business day. However, you can choose to warehouse your payment up to the Remit Due Date so that the payment is not deducted from your bank account until the date you specified.
If you wish for the payment to not be deducted from your bank account until the DUE DATE, you must edit the payment date field and enter that date. You can change this date to any date from the default Payment Date up to the remit due date. Unless you select a later date, the payment will be deducted from your bank account the next business day and paid directly to the government entity(s) listed under Pay To The Order Of.
Late Filing and Payment: If your return and payment are not timely filed and paid, you will be billed the appropriate interest and penalty. You cannot edit the Payment Date field for late payments. The payment will be deducted from your bank account the next business day from the Payment Date.
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Amount: The payment amount that will be deducted from your bank account.
Click the Continue button to verify the payment. Once verified, click the Authorize button to initiate the payment and receive your confirmation number.
Once the lien has arisen, it will continue until the liability for the amount assessed is satisfied, released or becomes unenforceable by reason of lapse of time (i.e. 10 years from the date the lien is filed) (Code Sections 40-1-2, 40-29-20, and 49-29-21).
No. However, the cigarette tax stamp ordering system is not tied to consignment balances. Therefore, state consignment customers must be aware of their available consignment balance and place orders within their bond limit. Failure to do so will result in the stamp order being modified to accommodate the available balance.
The person or persons authorized by you to access MAT/submit your stamp order will receive a confirmation when they click on the “submit” button that the stamp order has been submitted to the Tobacco Tax Section. Once the order has been fulfilled, the invoice associated with the order will be available in MAT for viewing and payment, if applicable.
No, the system uses the system date that the order was created. Therefore, orders dated for the future are unavailable. If multiple orders are submitted on the same day before the 1 p.m. cut off, they will be processed for shipment that day; the related invoices would all have the same invoice and due dates.
We use FedEx shipping. There is an area on your order form where you can choose whether you want pickup, overnight or 2-day delivery. Please use this feature to let our staff know the preferred shipping method. If the FedEx account number is incorrect please make the necessary changes.
