Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 40-21-4 - Detailed Requirements of Reports.

Each such report shall show the following items and particulars as the same stood on the next preceding October 1, together with any other facts or information that may be called for by said Department of Revenue:
(1) The name and principal place of business of the company, corporation, association, or individual in whose behalf the statement is made and the character of the business engaged in;
(2) If a company, association or corporation, the state, or government under the laws of which it was incorporated or authorized to do business, the date of original organization, the date of reorganization, consolidation, or merger and the purpose of its incorporation as expressed in its charter or articles of association;
(3) The place where all books, papers, and accounts are kept, and the names and post-office addresses of the president, secretary, treasurer, superintendent, general manager, general counsel, directors, and all other general officers thereof;
(4) The location of its principal office, the total amount and any kind of business done by it in this state and the total gross receipts derived from its business in this state, including a due proportion of its interstate business, if it has done any business of that character, and its total gross receipts from business done everywhere;
(5) Its total authorized capital stock showing the number of shares of common stock authorized, issued, and outstanding in the hands of the public and in the company's treasury, separate from its preferred stock, and the par or face value of each of such shares;
(6) Its total authorized preferred stock, showing each issue separately and setting out each issue to show the number of shares authorized, issued, and outstanding in the hands of the public and in the company treasury and the rate of interest each issue bears;
(7) The par value and the market or actual value of each issue of common stock and the dividends paid and the par value and market or actual value of each issue separately of preferred stock and interest paid on each issue. If the common or preferred stock is issued without par value, then the number of shares authorized, issued, and outstanding in the hands of the public and in the company treasury must be shown giving the number of shares of each class separately and showing the amount received for the common stock and the market or actual value thereof, and the amount received for each issue of preferred stock and the market or actual value of each such issue and in addition thereto must be shown for each of the issues separately the average market or actual value during the next preceding 12 months. If 25 percent or more of the common stock is held by any one person, firm, or corporation, the number of shares, name, address, relation, and percent of control of the person, firm, or corporation holding such stock must be given. If 25 percent or more of the total number of shares of the several issues of preferred stock is held by one person, firm, or corporation, the number of shares, name, address, and relation of the person, firm, or corporation holding such stock must be given;
(8) A statement of each and every lien, mortgage, and other charge upon the whole or any part of the property of said company, corporation, or association, or individual, and a detailed statement of all series of bonds, debentures, and other securities forming a part of its funded debt, with date of issue, maturity, and rate of interest, together with a statement of the property encumbered or charged thereby, and of the total amount of unpaid debts secured by each mortgage, lien, or charge, and of the interest charged thereon, and to what extent interest has been paid, and the true and fair value of every such debt. A statement of the gross income and earnings for the preceding fiscal year of the person, firm, corporation, or association, including therein all interests on investments and all rents, profits, revenues, and receipts from every source whatsoever, and a statement of the income used for repairs and for betterments and the amount used for extension in this state; the amount of income paid in dividends on common stock and amount paid as interest specifying the amount of interest paid on each issue of preferred stock and upon each issue of bonds, or other forms of indebtedness, the amount set aside for depreciation, for obsolescence, for retirements, and the amount passed to surplus;
(9) A statement of the expense for the preceding fiscal year of the person, firm, corporation, or association, giving in detail the expense or other information of the different units, departments or subdivisions, taxes paid, itemized according to assessments, levies, or charges by the state, its counties, municipal corporations, school districts, or other taxing districts and to other states and to the federal government, on forms furnished by or in the manner required by the department;
(10) If a person, firm, or corporation by this title required to make return to the Department of Revenue keeps its records on a calendar year basis or on a fiscal year basis other than from October 1 to September 30, it may make return of its financial matters required by this title on the basis of the calendar year or on the basis of its fiscal year that ends nearest to October 1, stating in each case the period covered; and
(11) If the person, firm, or corporation does business in other states, then, in addition to the items called for in this chapter with respect to this state, the same items shall also be shown for the business or system as a whole. If any item called for in this section is prorated or allocated to this state, the reason for such proration or allocation and the method so used shall be given.

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