Plan for Birmingham, AL
Birmingham Business Filing Deadlines & Ongoing Requirements
What a business in Birmingham keeps doing after it opens: recurring filings, renewals and the events that trigger new obligations. Change the business details to fit yours.
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Where Birmingham, AL filings and renewals are tracked
City of BirminghamHas its own business licenses, taxes or permits (listed below).
Jefferson CountyHas its own business licenses, taxes or permits (listed below). Checked 2026-10-16.
Local items to renew or file
- Renew Birmingham business license · City of Birmingham Finance Department, Tax and License Administration Division (city)
- File Jefferson County business personal property return · Jefferson County property tax assessing official (county)
- File the Jefferson County lodging tax return · Jefferson County Department of Revenue (county)
- File the Jefferson County sales tax return · Jefferson County Department of Revenue (county)
File and renew with these Alabama agencies
- Annual reports: Alabama Secretary of State
- Tax returns and payments: Alabama Department of Revenue
- Unemployment insurance filings: Alabama Department of Workforce
Renewals, filing triggers and recurring deadlines in Birmingham
15 items in your plan repeat on a schedule. Each one lists its authority and when it comes due.
Recurring filings and renewals
- File federal income tax return: Form 1040 with Schedule C · every year · April 15 · IRS
- Deposit federal payroll taxes · every month · 15th day of the following month · IRS
- File Form 941 (Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return) · every quarter · April 30, July 31, October 31, January 31 · IRS
- File Form 940 (Federal Unemployment Tax) · every year · January 31 · IRS
- Issue Forms W-2 and file W-3 · every year · January 31 · IRS / SSA
- Register for and file Alabama entity-level taxes · every year · Alabama Department of Revenue
- File sales tax returns and remit tax (Alabama) · every month · Monthly, quarterly or annually as assigned by the state · Alabama Department of Revenue
- Register for locally administered sales tax (Alabama) · every month · Alabama cities and counties that self-administer sales tax
- File wage reports and pay unemployment insurance contributions (Alabama) · every quarter · Alabama Department of Workforce
- File the annual unclaimed property holder report (Alabama) · every year · November 1 · Alabama unclaimed property program
- Obtain food service establishment / health permit · every year · Jefferson County health department (Alabama)
- Municipal or county business license — Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama · every year · City or county revenue office: Birmingham / Jefferson County
- Renew Birmingham business license · every year · December 31 (licenses expire) · City of Birmingham Finance Department, Tax and License Administration Division
- File Jefferson County business personal property return · every year · December 31 · Jefferson County property tax assessing official
- File the Jefferson County sales tax return · every month · Jefferson County Department of Revenue
Filings triggered by an event
- Complete Form I-9 for each new hire: applies when Business has employees
- Report new hires to the Alabama new hire directory: applies when 3 employees in Alabama
Find an obligationShowing 27 of 27 obligations
Federal
8
State
12
County
3
City
4
Common questions about Birmingham
The state licenses your industry through its own regulator, and the city and county add local permits. These are the authorities and local items on record for Birmingham:
- Contractor licensing: Alabama Licensing Board for General Contractors
- Real estate licensing: Alabama Real Estate Commission
- Alcohol licensing: Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
- Child care licensing: Alabama Department of Human Resources
- Health facility licensing: Alabama Department of Public Health
- Renew Birmingham business license (City of Birmingham Finance Department, Tax and License Administration Division, city)
- File Jefferson County business personal property return (Jefferson County property tax assessing official, county)
- File the Jefferson County lodging tax return (Jefferson County Department of Revenue, county)
- File the Jefferson County sales tax return (Jefferson County Department of Revenue, county)
With your current selections, the licenses and permits are: Sales tax account (My Alabama Taxes) (Alabama); Obtain food service establishment / health permit; Ensure certified food protection manager on staff; Municipal or county business license — Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Birmingham; Renew Birmingham business license. Change the industry above to see yours.
Sources: sos.alabama.gov, revenue.alabama.gov, labor.alabama.gov
In your plan for Birmingham, requirements come from four levels. Alabama sets formation, state taxes and employer rules; the city and county add local licenses and taxes.
- Federal (8): Obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN); File federal income tax return: Form 1040 with Schedule C; Deposit federal payroll taxes; File Form 941 (Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return)…
- State (12): Maintain a registered agent in Alabama; Register for and file Alabama entity-level taxes; Sales tax account (My Alabama Taxes) (Alabama); File sales tax returns and remit tax (Alabama)…
- County (3): Obtain food service establishment / health permit; File Jefferson County business personal property return; File the Jefferson County sales tax return
- City (4): Register for locally administered sales tax (Alabama); Municipal or county business license — Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama; Obtain certificate of occupancy for premises in Birmingham; Renew Birmingham business license
Sources: sos.alabama.gov, revenue.alabama.gov
- Register for unemployment insurance with Alabama Department of Workforce.
- Workers' compensation: Alabama Department of Workforce, Workers' Compensation Division. Required when: 5 employees
- Register to withhold Alabama income tax from wages.
- Your plan adds these employer steps: Report new hires to the Alabama new hire directory; Display required federal labor law posters; Complete Form I-9 for each new hire; Display required Alabama workplace notices.
Sources: labor.alabama.gov, workforce.alabama.gov, revenue.alabama.gov