United States
Alabama: what the state takes
Alabama charges its own income tax on top of federal tax. Here is the rate, the return, the date and where the official rules live.
Agency page last read 11 September 2026.
State rate
Banded
2025 Alabama bands. Standard deduction taken at the full amount, city occupational taxes are extra
Resident return
Form 40
Alabama Department of Revenue
Due
15 April, following the federal deadline
Weekends and holidays can push it on
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Yearly income
How you file
Alabama tax
$3,560
Top state rate you touch
5%
- Kept before federal tax$57,588
- Federal income tax$13,852
- Alabama tax$3,560
Band by band
State deduction taken off first: $3,000. Taxed amount: $72,000.
- $0 to $500 at 2%$10
- $500 to $3,000 at 4%$100
- $3,000 to above at 5%$3,450
Filing in Alabama
- Who collects it
- Alabama Department of Revenue
- Return
- Form 40
- Deadline
- Usually 15 April, following the federal deadline
Federal comes on top
Whatever your state does, the IRS wants Form 1040 by 15 April, plus Social Security and Medicare through your wages or self employment tax. State tax paid can sometimes be deducted federally if you itemise, within a yearly cap.