Alabama ranks near the bottom in per capita tax collections, relying on high sales taxes and low property taxes.

Update: The back-to-school Alabama sales tax holiday has ended. The annual back-to-school Alabama sales tax holiday ran from 12:01 AM on Friday, July 19 until midnight on Sunday, July 21.

Income taxes are also pretty tolerable, especially for workers with higher earnings. However, while Alabama has a generally low statewide sales tax, localities can tack on hefty tax rates of their ...

• Rep. Susan Collins has proposed a pre-filed HB 86 to create tax credits/incentives for donations to qualifying rural hospitals. The donations could be credited against one’s income tax, financial ...

As more people turn to online shopping, tax revenue generated by those purchases is dividing Alabama city and county ...

The Mobile City Council has approved a resolution exempting hearing aids and hearing devices from the city sales tax.

some mayors say they are losing millions in online sales taxes. “Certainly cities are losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year in the way it’s structured. But even worse, it’s taking away from ...

Each year we are asked to predict the business tax-related bills that died in the last legislative session but will likely be re-introduced in ...

For the third time, state Sen. Al Cutrona introduced legislation to exempt certain guns and ammunition from state sales and use tax. The proposal from Cutrona, R-Canfield, also would establish a tax ...