As of the October 2012 filing period, licensed suppliers, permissive suppliers, terminal operators, importers, exporters, transporters, and blenders can file their Alabama tax returns electronically in XML format. Please contact your software vendor or accounting service to see if they support the Alabama electronic fuel tax returns.

Information for Software Developers

The following information is provided for Programmers and Software Developers for developing their Alabama electronic fuel tax return.

Note To Developers: During the software certification process, the Alabama Department of Revenue has prepared a testing environment to be used for making test submissions. Since the number of test customers created for this environment is limited in comparison to the number of developers submitting returns for these customers, please be aware that there will be a scheduled restore of this testing environment on a weekly basis. This is to occur over the course of each weekend, which means that submissions made after Friday afternoon will not be processed and will not be available for viewing the following Monday. Please make your submissions during the work week of Monday through Friday in order for validations and acknowledgments to be processed normally. Thank you for your cooperation during this process.

Update Information for Developers

• MFET Getting Started
• MFET Developer’s Handbook (Version 7)
• MFET Application for User ID and Password (B&L:VENDOR-APP)
• MFET Software Certification Guide
• MFET Alabama Schemas
• MFET Transmission Reject Codes
• MFET Test Suites
• MFET XML Sample Files
• Motor Fuel – Terminal Excise Tax Returns & Schedules (PDF Version – These returns are for informational purposes. Mandatory Electronic Filing of the returns is required.)
• Motor Fuel – Terminal Excise Tax Return Instructions
• Motor Fuel Terminal Excise Tax Return Schedule Instructions
• FTA Product Codes

Approved and Authorized Commercial Software Providers

The following companies are vendors that have successfully completed the required testing and are now authorized to electronically file the Alabama terminal excise tax returns effective October 1, 2012. Contact the companies directly for more information. Providing this list of companies does not indicate a preference or endorsement for any individual product on the part of the Alabama Department of Revenue.