Alabama: State Tax ID and Local Tax ID

What is the difference between the State Tax ID and the Local Tax ID?

To our understanding, when you register for a sales tax/seller's use tax license with the state of Alabama, the state will issue both a state tax ID as well as a local tax ID.

• Both have 14 digits (including hyphen)
• If your Tax Account ID is a Sales Tax ID, it will begin with "SLS," If your Tax Account ID is a Seller's Use Tax ID, it will begin with "SLU," If your Tax Account ID is Simplified Sellers Use, it will begin with "SSU."
• The Local Tax ID will begin with "LCL."
• The Tax IDs for SLS/SLU and LCL tax accounts are usually different by 1 digit

Both the state and local IDs are required to enroll in AutoFile for Alabama.

• Simplified Sellers Use tax licensees will not have a Local Tax ID.  
• Please duplicate your Account ID field for Local Tax, if you are an SSUT customer.

Please Note that when you enroll in AutoFile Alabama, TaxJar will submit a return for:

• State sales taxes, and
• Local taxes for State Administered counties and cities
• TaxJar will NOT AutoFile sales tax returns for Self (Non-State) Administered localities. (See more details about this here.)