Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-41-244.24

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Each person engaging or continuing within that part of Lee County outside the corporate limits of the Cities of Auburn, Opelika, and Phenix City in a business subject to the taxes levied in Section state sales and use taxes” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2020″ statecd=”AL” title=”45″>45-41-244.20 shall add to the sales price or admission fee and collect from the purchaser or the person paying the admission fee the amount due by the taxpayer on account of the taxes; and every registered seller shall likewise add to the sales price and collect from the purchaser the amount of any tax which the registered seller is required to collect. It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the tax levied to fail or refuse to add to the sales price or admission fee and to collect from the purchaser or person paying the admission fee the amount herein required to be so added to the sales or admission price and collected from the purchaser, and it shall likewise be unlawful for any person subject to the tax to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount so collected or to absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption or refund of the tax or any portion thereof. It shall likewise be unlawful for any registered seller to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and to collect from the purchaser the amount of the tax imposed or to refund or offer to refund or absorb, or to advertise directly or indirectly the absorption of, the tax or any portion thereof.