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When is the Alabama Business Privilege Tax return due?

With the exception of the Business Privilege return for Financial Institutions Groups, the Business Privilege tax return due date corresponds to the due date of the corresponding federal return.

For C-corporations with a calendar year or a fiscal year other than June 30, the Alabama business privilege tax return is due no later than three and a half months after the beginning of a taxpayer’s taxable year. Taxable year 2021 Form CPT would be due on April 15, 2021 for a calendar year C-corporation.

For C-corporations with a fiscal year of June 30, the Alabama business privilege tax return is due no later than two and a half months after the beginning of a taxpayer’s taxable year. Taxable year 2021 Form CPT would be due on September 15, 2021 for C-corporations with a fiscal year of June 30.

For Limited Liability Entities, the Alabama business privilege tax return is due no later than two and a half months after the beginning of the taxpayer’s taxable year. Taxable year 2021 Form PPT would be due on March 15, 2021 for a calendar year limited liability entity.

The due date for the Business Privilege Tax return for Financial Institution Groups corresponds to the due date for the Alabama Financial Institution Excise tax return. The return is due three and a half months after the beginning of the taxpayer’s taxable year or April 15, 2021.

With the exception of the Business Privilege return for Financial Institutions Groups, the Business Privilege tax return due date corresponds to the due date of the corresponding federal return.

For C-corporations with a calendar year or a fiscal year other than June 30, the Alabama business privilege tax return is due no later than three and a half months after the beginning of a taxpayer’s taxable year. Taxable year 2021 Form CPT would be due on April 15, 2021, for a calendar year C-corporation.

For C-corporations with a fiscal year of June 30, the Alabama business privilege tax return is due no later than two and a half months after the beginning of a taxpayer’s taxable year. Taxable year 2021 Form CPT would be due on September 15, 2021, for C-corporations with a fiscal year of June 30.

For Limited Liability Entities, the Alabama business privilege tax return is due no later than two and a half months after the beginning of the taxpayer’s taxable year. Taxable year 2021 Form PPT would be due on March 15, 2021, for a calendar year limited liability entity.

The due date for the Business Privilege Tax return for Financial Institution Groups corresponds to the due date for the Alabama Financial Institution Excise tax return.

 

Related FAQs in Business Privilege Tax

https://www.alabamainteractive.org/sos/

The steps for withdrawals and dissolutions are outline below:

Dissolutions- Domestic entity

Complete Articles of Dissolutions Form based on the entity type.
https://www.alabamainteractive.org/sos/welcome.action
Follow the instructions on the form pertaining to the type of entity you are dissolving.
DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION ARTICLES OF DISSOLUTION
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/DomesticBusinessCorporationDissolution.pdf

DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) ARTICLES OF DISSOLUTION
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/DomesticLLCDissolution.pdf

DOMESTIC LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (LP) STATEMENT OF DISSOLUTION
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/DomesticLPDissolution.pdf
Withdrawals- Foreign entity

Complete a Request for Certificate of Compliance from ADOR. https://www.alabamainteractive.org/ador_tax_compliance/welcome.action
Provide any missing returns and payments as determined by ADOR staff, if found not to be in compliance to ADOR.
Receive Certificate of Compliance from ADOR.
Complete Certificate of Withdrawal Form https://www.alabamainteractive.org/sos/welcome.action
Submit two (2) signed completed Certificate of Withdrawals with Certificate of Compliance (from ADOR) and filing fee to Secretary of State’s address on the form.
Certificate of Compliance cannot be more than 6 months old to be accepted by SOS.

Office of the Judge of Probate- County Offices contact link page- https://www.sos.alabama.gov/city-county-lookup/probate-judges

If you have received a business privilege tax delinquency notice from the Alabama Department of Revenue, and you have not filed the required return or made the required payment please do so at this time in order to avoid any further interest and penalties. BPT returns can be filed in MAT (My Alabama Taxes). See “How do I register for MAT?” if you do not have a MAT account. Paper forms can be obtained by clicking on the ADOR Form page. See “How do I find Business Privilege Tax forms on the website?” for step by step instructions of obtaining forms. If you are uncertain if a return was required or filed, please forward a copy of the delinquency notice to your tax professional.

If you believe you received the delinquency notice in error and have filed the required return, please provide a copy of the return and proof of payment after consulting with your tax professional. Attach copies of the return and proof of payment to a copy of the business privilege tax delinquency notice and email to businessprivilege.tax@revenue.alabama.gov or mail the response to:

Alabama Department of Revenue
Income Tax Administration
Business Privilege Tax Section – Delinquency Notice Response
PO Box 327900
Montgomery, AL 36132-7900

Taxpayers must receive an (Online Filing Info) letter to sign up for MAT. Normally after they have registered their business with the Secretary of State, taxpayers will receive their letter within 4-6 weeks from the Alabama Department of Revenue. Once this letter is received, taxpayers need to visit our website https://myalabamataxes.alabama.gov/_/#1. In the left side of the screen you will see username, password, and logon. Beneath that you will see forgot password, forgot username, DON’T HAVE A LOG ON? REGISTER HERE. Taxpayers should click register here. Select: Business Privilege Tax. Then the taxpayer will need to provide the Account number, Sign On ID, and Access Code. This information is located on the (Online Filing Info) letter.

Where do I start?
Click the Home link to go to the summary page you see when you first sign in.
To edit a customer level address:
Click the Names and Addressestab from the customer springboard.
Find the Customer Names & Addresses
To edit an account level address:
Go to the Accounts tab and click the applicable account (i.e. Business Privilege Tax).
Click the Names and Addressestab from the account springboard.
Find the Account Names & Addresses
What do I do?
View an address
Click an address to view it.
Edit an address
Click the Edit
Update the address fields.
Click the Verify Address link to check that it is a valid address. This step is mandatory
Click the Select link next to the verified address (if applicable).
When finished, click the Submit button to submit the request.
A confirmation message appears. Click the Print Confirmation button to print the page, or click OK to continue.