GUNTERSVILLE — On Friday, the Marshall County Commission approved a resolution to intervene in a lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Revenue initiated by the City of Tuscaloosa over the state's Simplified Sellers Use Tax (SSUT) .

First passed in 2015, the Simplified Sellers Use Tax Remittance Act created a program to collect taxes from online sales made by out-of-state retailers. Currently, the flat tax rate is at 8%. Of that, 50% goes to the state, 30% to municipalities, and the remaining 20% goes to county governments.

The City of Tuscaloosa, along with Tuscaloosa City Schools, filed a lawsuit on August 12 against State Revenue Commissioner Vernon Barnett, seeking "regulatory updates," including potentially increasing the flat rate to make up for money allegedly lost under th

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