The following is a legend of the information contained within the “taxrates” and “taxrates_current” csv files.
LocalityCode: ALDOR’s four-digit locality designation number for that particular locality. Counties begin with a “7” and municipalities begin with a “9.”
LocalityName: The name of the county or municipality.
CountyNumber: The two-digit number assigned to a county by ALDOR. This will not be the same as the LocalityCode. This code is used as a cross reference in determining the associated county or counties associated with a municipality.
TaxType: The type of tax listed, for example:
ST Sales Tax
LL Local Lodgings
RT Rental Tax
CU Consumers Use
SU Sellers Use
RateType: The type of rate accompanying the tax type, for example:
AMUSE Amusement Rate
AUTO Automotive Rate
FARM Farm Rate
GENER General Rate
GROC Food/Grocery Rate
MACH Machine Rate
VEND Vending Rate
WDFEE Withdrawal Fee – Fee for a Dealer to withdraw an automobile from inventory to be used as a demo.
LINEN Linen Rate (for rental tax purposes only)
RMFEE Some cities/counties have a fee which applies to their lodgings surchage in reporting the number of room nights.
ALCOH Alcohol Rate Rate
REST Food Service Establishment Tax Rate
TRANV Tax rate that applies to the short term rental of a motor vehicle used primarily for the transportation of 15 or fewer passengers, for a period of 60 or fewer consecutive days, and the vendor has five or more vehicles for rent on a regular basis to the public.
MINE
Administered: The local tax administering agency for a city or county, for example:
STATE Alabama Department of Revenue
SELF Self-Administered
AVENU Avenu Insights & Analytics (Formerly RDS)
STACS Sales Tax Auditing and Collection Services
PREMA PReMACORP, Public Resource Management Alliance Corporation
LGREC Local Governments Revenue Enhancements Corp.
RCS Revenue Collection Services
RDS Revenue Discovery Systems (Formerly AlaTx)
CROCK Crocker’s Accounting and Tax Service
ActiveDate: The date that tax became effective or the date the administering entity began administering the tax.
InactiveDate: The date that tax became inactive or the date the administering entity quit administering the tax.
Rate: The tax rate. The rates in this file are NOT in a “decimal equivalent” format, but are in a “percentage” format (Example: .500% = .005 decimal equivalent and 1.00% = .01 decimal equivalent.) Those figures associated with the WDFEE rate, however, are dollar figures and NOT decimal or percentage figures.
Indicator: Describes the tax, for example:
NT New Tax
RC Rate Change
AC Administration Change / Agency Change
PJ: Indicates whether or not (i.e., Y: Yes, or N: No) a municipality levies a tax within their police jurisdictional. N – No tax levied in the police jurisdiction. Y – Tax levied in the PJ. The normal PJ rate is 1/2 the corporate limit tax rate.
CountyCode: An ADLOR four-digit county locality code given for each municipality. It is to be used as a cross reference in determining the associated county tax rates applicable to a municipality.