USA State Taxes

ALABAMA (AL)

 

STATE INCOME TAX (SIT)

Description Amount Effective Date Website Deposit Method / Frequency / Threshold Forms
Wage Withholding Tables  

Alabama Department of Revenue

 

Combined Registration / Application as withholding agent is online

 

 

Monthly EFT >$1000 income tax. Due 15th day of following month

Accelerated Monthly

Quarterly - Due one month following quarter.

Electronic payments of $750 or more

My Alabama Taxes (MAT)

Forms & Withholding Tax Tables & Instructions

Employer's Monthly Return: A-6

Employer's Quarterly Return: A-1

 

Must use Withholding Exemption Certificate: A-4

Supplemental Wage / Bonus Rate 5.0%  

 

Notes: Employers with active withholding tax accounts reporting no withholding must still submit a zero A-3 form by the end of January.

No reciprocal agreement between states.

 

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (SUI)

Description Amount Effective Date Website Deposit Method / Frequency / Threshold Forms
Maximum Taxable Earnings $8,000 Unchanged from 2023

Alabama Department of Labor

Quarterly Wage Reporting - Upload File Specifications:

Register and File Quarterly reports through eGov

Forms

Determine Liability (Form - SR-2)

UC-CR-4

Employee Deduction None  

New Employment Rate - Standard

(includes 0.06% employment security assessment)

0.20 - 5.4%  
New Employment Rate 2.7%  
Voluntary Contribution Permitted No  

 

 

NEW HIRE REPORTING

Website Frequency / Method Forms

New Hire

 

New Hire Registration

Employers with 5 or more employees must report electronically. May transmit twice monthly, not less than twelve (12) days nor more than sixteen (16) days apart.

Less than 5 employees may report electronically or mail/fax copies of W-4's to the New Hire unit. W-4's must have additional notations showing the date the employee began work, and whether the employee was a new hire or recall.

If reporting by mail or fax must report within seven days from the date of hire or reemployment.

NH-1

 

 

LOCAL WITHHOLDING TAXES

Description Amount Website Deposit Method / Frequency / Threshold Forms
ALABAMA City and County Occupational Withholding Tax Varies depending on jurisdiction (30 cities/counties)

Municipal Occupational Taxes

Monthly

Quarterly

Revenue Discovery Systems Monthly Occupational Tax Return

Reconciliation of Monthly Returns

(14/30 jurisdictions)

 

WEBSITES

 

 

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Last updated Jan 2024