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The taxrates.txt file is a comma-delimited text file (i.e. fields separated by commas), that contains local tax rate information for all Alabama cities and counties that levy a sales, use, lodgings or rental tax. (Includes both state-administered local taxes, as well as nonstate-administered local taxes.) This text file should be compatible with practically any spreadsheet or database application. This file will be updated on a monthly basis by the Sales & Use Tax Division. The help.txt file is a Help file intended to be used with the downloadable taxrates.txt file.
To download the taxrates.txt file: