GUNTERSVILLE — The Marshall County Commission is fighting to keep its fair share of Alabama's Simple Sellers Use Tax following an effort led by several larger cities to change the law in their favor.

On Wednesday, the Commission approved a resolution formally requesting its legislative delegation oppose any efforts to change or question the constitutionality of the state act. The Association of County Commissions of Alabama (ACCA) passed the same resolution last month.

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.

According to the Alaba

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