ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

SALES, USE & BUSINESS TAX DIVISION

SALES & USE TAX RULE

 

810-6-1-.97.  Materials Used on Road and Bridge Projects.

(1) (a) Sales of sand, gravel, or other building materials by landowners or other suppliers who regularly sell or offer to sell these materials are subject to sales tax when made to contractors for the State of Alabama or the counties or municipalities of the State for use by the contractors in building roads or bridges. This rule applies in all instances where the contractor is obligated by the terms of the contract to furnish, to pay for, and to lay down the materials, including sales of materials which have been selected by and on which an option has been taken by the state or the counties or municipalities of the State. The supplier shall collect the tax from the contractor and remit the amount due to the Department of Revenue. (Sections 40-23-1(a)(10) and 40-23-60(5))

(b) Where an isolated sale of sand, gravel, or similar material is made to a contractor by a landowner who is not engaged in the business of selling such material, the isolated sale will not be required to be reported to the Department and neither sales tax nor use tax will be due from the landowner or from the contractor on the transaction.

(c) On and after October 1, 2000, the sale of sand, gravel, or other building materials by landowners or other suppliers to, or the storage, use, or consumption of these materials by, any contractor or subcontractor to be incorporated into realty pursuant to a road or bridge construction contract with the State of Alabama or any county or incorporated municipality of the State of Alabama pursuant to a contract awarded prior to July 1, 2004, is exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes provided the contractor or subcontractor has complied with Rule 810 6 3-.77 entitled Exemption of Certain Purchases by Contractors and Subcontractors in conjunction with Construction Contracts with Certain Governmental Entities, Public Corporations, and Educational Institutions. (Section 40-9-33, Code of Alabama 1975) (Sections 40-2A-7(a)(5), 40-23-1(a)(10), 40-23-31, 40-23-60(5), and 40-23-83, Code of Alabama 1975, Act No. 2000-684) (Readopted through APA effective October 1, 1982, amended March 27, 2001, amended June 10, 2005)

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