Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-12-25

  • preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Unless otherwise provided, if any business licensed by this title shall commence after April 1 in any year, the amount of the license or privilege tax shall be one half of the year’s license or privilege tax. In all other cases the license shall be taken out for the full term of one year, unless a shorter term is fixed by the provisions of this title. In all cases where the amount of license is rated according to the population of the town, city, or county, the population of such town, city, or county as fixed by the last preceding United States census shall govern.