On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law H.R. 5376, referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The nearly $369 billion of new spending is intended to transform entire sectors of the American economy and...more
On February 12, 2021, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation, House Bill 192 (HB192), renewing the Growing Alabama Act and the Alabama Jobs Act, which both expired last year. Both programs are vital to Alabama’s ability to...more
As you may know, President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacting broad reforms to the Internal Revenue Code. How your state implements these reforms may have an impact on project recruitment and...more
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The Alabama Tax Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) ruled in a recent case that the taxpayer-hospital was entitled to a refund of the sales tax paid on the purchase of software that had been customized for its particular functions...more
The Alabama Reinvestment and Abatements Act, HB59, Act No. 2015-24 (the “Act”), makes several changes to Alabama abatement law and expands the list of industries and types of projects that are eligible for those abatements....more
HB58, one of five bills that constitute what has been described as the most significant overhaul of Alabama economic development since Mercedes-Benz came to the state, became law on Friday, April 3 (effective July 2). The...more
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The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (“GASB”) has issued an exposure draft of a proposed statement (the “Statement”). The Statement, for the first time, would set uniform minimum disclosure...more
The well-respected Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA), headquartered at Samford University in Birmingham, has issued its 25th anniversary report, How Alabama’s Taxes Compare, which discusses the sources and...more
The Alabama Historical Commission has issued emergency regulations to implement the state’s new historic structures rehabilitation tax credit. Emergency Rules 460-x-23-.01ER through 460-x-23-.13ER took effect September 1,...more
On April 30, the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADOR) issued a proposed regulation regarding sellers’ obligations to collect and remit sales or use tax to Alabama cities and counties that would radically change the landscape...more
A new report by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA), a well-respected nonprofit research organization headquartered at Samford University in Birmingham, shows that frequent statements during the 2012...more
The Alabama Department of Commerce has adopted rules regarding the Alabama New Markets Development Act, which implemented Alabama’s New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC). The rules, which are codified at Alabama Administrative Code §...more