The Alabama Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, is joining a growing list of Alabama cities suing the state over the Simplified Sellers Use Tax, filing a new lawsuit that argues Alabama’s current online sales tax structure shortchanges public schools.

According to the AEA press release, the organization has formally entered litigation challenging how the state administers the SSUT.

The Simplified Sellers Use Tax is an 8% levy applied to online and remote sales made by businesses without a physical presence in Alabama. Under the existing distribution model, only one-eighth —effectively 1%— flows to the Education Trust Fund, while most of the revenue is routed elsewhere.

By comparison, nearly all state and local sales tax revenue directly supports the Education Trus

See Full Page