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Alabama Sales Tax Calculator and Remote Seller Nexus Check (4%)

What does this come to under the current IRS rules?

Sales tax on a sale at the 4% statewide rate plus your local rate, and whether your sales into Alabama pass the $250,000 economic nexus threshold.

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Your figures
Example figuresIllustrative only. Type over them with your own.
Sales tax due
$40.00
Tax on the sale in Alabama
All results
MeasureResult
Statewide base rate4%
Combined rate4%
State tax$40.00
Local tax$0.00
Sales tax due$40.00
Total with tax$1,040.00
Sales counted toward the threshold$225,000
Sales test (more than $250,000)Not met
Economic nexus reached
Below the Alabama threshold
No
How this was worked out
Work shownrecomputed as you type
Sales tax = sale x (4% + local rate)
Nexus when counted sales are more than $250,000 in the previous calendar year
Counted sales = direct sales only

Illustrative arithmetic on the figures you enter. Check the result against your firm's methodology before relying on it.

The formulas

  • Sales tax = sale x (4% + local rate)
  • Nexus when counted sales are more than $250,000 in the previous calendar year
  • Counted sales = direct sales only

How it works

Figures current as of November 2026.

The state general rate is 4 percent. The tool multiplies the sale amount by the statewide base rate plus the local rate you enter (county and city sales tax for the delivery address) and shows the state and local parts separately. The local rate depends on where the goods are delivered.

A seller with no physical presence in Alabama must register and collect once it has more than $250,000 of retail sales of tangible personal property into Alabama in the previous calendar year. Sales made through a marketplace facilitator do not count toward your own Alabama threshold; only your direct sales count.

An eligible remote seller can instead join the Simplified Sellers Use Tax program and collect a flat 8 percent on every Alabama sale in place of the state and local rates.

A seller with a physical presence in Alabama, such as staff, an office or inventory, must collect regardless of the threshold. The tool does not decide whether a product is taxable or exempt; enter the taxable price.

Illustrative figures only. Check the result against your firm's methodology before relying on it.

Common questions

What is the Alabama sales tax rate?

The state general rate is 4 percent. Local rates are added on top by delivery address.

What is the Alabama economic nexus threshold?

More than $250,000 of retail sales of tangible personal property into Alabama in the previous calendar year.

Do marketplace sales count toward the Alabama threshold?

Sales made through a marketplace facilitator do not count toward your own Alabama threshold; only your direct sales count.

Sources

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