It shall be the duty of every person engaging or continuing in this state in any business for which a privilege tax is imposed by this division, to keep and preserve suitable records of the gross sales, gross proceeds of sales, and gross receipts or gross receipts of sales of such business and such other books or accounts as may be necessary to determine the amount of tax for which he is liable, under the provisions of this division. It shall be the duty of every person to keep and preserve all invoices of goods, wares, and merchandise purchased, for resale or otherwise, and all such books, invoices, and other records shall be open for examination by the Department of Revenue or its duly authorized agent. Any person selling both at wholesale and retail shall keep his books so as to show separately the gross proceeds of wholesale sales and the gross proceeds of retail sales. All sales shall be subject to tax in the absence of such separate records.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 40 - Revenue and Taxation.
Chapter 23 - Sales and Use Taxes.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 40-23-1 - Definitions; Transactions Considered or Not Considered Sales.
Section 40-23-2 - Tax Levied on Gross Receipts; Certain Sales Exempt; Disposition of Funds.
Section 40-23-3 - Exclusion of Certain Municipal Privilege License Taxes.
Section 40-23-4.1 - Certain Drugs Exempt.
Section 40-23-4.2 - Food Stamp Purchases Exempt.
Section 40-23-4.3 - Exemption Form for Certain Agricultural Purposes.
Section 40-23-4.4 - Exemption Form for Equipment for Certain Commercial Fishing Vessels.
Section 40-23-6 - License Required to Engage in Business; One-Time Surety Bond.
Section 40-23-6.1 - Reasonable Cause for Suspension, Revocation, etc., of License.
Section 40-23-8 - Cash Sales and Credit Collections to Be Reported.
Section 40-23-9 - Records to Be Kept.
Section 40-23-10 - Reports Under Oath.
Section 40-23-11 - Penalty for Failure to Make Reports or Keep Records.
Section 40-23-12 - Penalty for Willful Refusal to Make Reports or Permit Examination of Records.
Section 40-23-24 - Itinerant Vendors to File Bond.
Section 40-23-27 - Violator May Be Restrained From Continuing in Business.
Section 40-23-28 - Sales Tax an Additional Tax.
Section 40-23-30 - Administration and Enforcement of Division; Appointment, etc., of Agents, Etc.
Section 40-23-31 - Department to Make Rules and Regulations.
Section 40-23-34 - Proceeds of Tax to Be Deposited in Treasury.
Section 40-23-35 - Disposition of Revenues From Tax.
Section 40-23-37 - Agricultural Machinery and Equipment - Tax Imposed; Rate.