There are now about 225 Alabama cities, towns, counties and school systems involved in a legal fight over one of the state’s fastest growing revenue sources.
Fourteen cities and local school systems have joined in support of a lawsuit that alleges they are shortchanged by the state’s formula for collecting and distributing tax revenue from Alabamians’ online purchases.
And 140 cities and towns, along with every county in Alabama, intervened on Wednesday on behalf of the state, arguing the lawsuit should be dismissed. They’ve seen the Simplified Sellers Use Tax become an integral part of their annual budgets and don’t want a change or disruption to that funding stream…