The Association of County Commissions of Alabama, ACCA, released a resolution Monday encouraging the Alabama Legislature to oppose any legislative changes that would disrupt operation of the state’s Simplified Sellers Use Tax, SSUT, program or call the program’s constitutionality into question. The resolution was voted on and unanimously approved by county commission members from every corner of the state who participated in ACCA’s August 21 annual business session.

“Changing Alabama’s constitutionally-sound SSUT program would be foolish and unjustified,” said ACCA Executive Director Sonny Brasfield. “Allocating the county portion of SSUT revenue on a population basis is the most efficient option available to our state.

“Alabama’s complicated sales tax system of interlocking and conflict

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