Sales Tax & Audit
All taxpayers are encouraged to try our online filing!
Sales/Sellers Use/Consumers Use Tax
Sales and Use Taxes are due no later than the 20th day of the month, following the end of the preceding month. Montgomery County follows the Tax Laws of the State of Alabama in administering these taxes. Effective April 1, 2008, if you owe $500 or more in taxes, you will be required to file the return online and pay the tax online. On all subsequent returns, you will be required to file/pay online regardless of the amount due.
All taxpayers are encouraged to try our online filing! Click on the “On-Line Sales Tax” link for instructions.
TAX RATES:
Sales, Sellers Use/Consumers Use
Sales/Use Tax – General Rate 2.500%
Sales/Use Tax – Automotive/Agricultural/Manufacturing 0.333%
Sales Tax – Vending 1.250%
Sales/Use Tax – General Rate (Unabated Education Tax) 1.000%
Sales/Use Tax – Auto/Ag/Manuf (Unabated Education Tax) 0.133%
Lodgings
$1.50 per room, per day rented
*Rate will changed as of December 1, 2010 - Click here for notice
Gasoline & Motor Fuels
$0.01 per taxable gallon sold in Montgomery County
Downloadable forms are available by clicking on the links below. Please include your Montgomery County Alabama local eight-digit taxpayer id/jurisdiction number on all returns and correspondence.
Montgomery County Commission
Tax & Audit Department
P. O. Box 4779
Montgomery, Alabama 36103-4779
Phone: (334) 832-1697
Fax: (334) 832-1223
Email: taxaudit@mc-ala.org
For forms and other information or downloads, click here.
Directions: The Tax & Audit Department is located in the Montgomery County Courthouse Annex III Building, located at 101 S. Lawrence Street. The offices are located on the 2nd floor. The mailing address has not changed. If you need assistance, please call (334) 832-1697.
As you enter the building from Lawrence Street, please take the elevator to the 2nd floor. If you use the parking deck located adjacent to the building (enter on S. McDonough Street), you will take the elevator down to the 2nd floor and the office will be located on the right after exiting the elevator lobby.
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On December 17, 2007, the Montgomery County Commission voted to create a new administrative entity for Montgomery County. Effective March 1, 2008, the Tax and Audit Department will be the Montgomery County administrative entity for Sales, Sellers Use, Consumers Use, Lodging, Gasoline and Motor Fuel Taxes. The phone number to contact the department is (334) 832-1697. The office is located in the Montgomery County Courthouse Annex at 101 South Lawrence Street. The mailing address for all correspondence is:
Montgomery County Commission
Tax & Audit Department
PO Box 4779
Montgomery, AL 36103-4779.