Alabama Code 40-21-26. Local taxes on franchises and intangibles
Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-21-26
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- property: includes both real and personal property. 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
- 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
Every individual, association, partnership, company, and corporation engaged in any business embraced or set out in the preceding sections shall, in addition to the ad valorem taxes on the tangible property which are now imposed upon them by law, annually pay to the state a tax for each year on their franchises or intangible property and assets and shall pay local taxes thereon to each county and municipal corporation, school district and other tax district in which their business is or shall hereafter be carried on. Said tax shall be at the same rate as the tax on tangible property, shall be and become due and delinquent at the same time as the taxes on tangible property, shall be payable and collected in the same manner and shall be assessed and levied in the manner herein provided. The place or places where such local taxes on such property are to be paid and the manner of the apportionment of the same in cases where more than one jurisdiction is entitled to a share of such tax shall be determined and the valuation of such property for taxation shall be ascertained in accordance with the provisions of this title.