Administration

Effective October 1, 2025, by Ordinance 2025-14, the city has a twenty-two dollar ($22.00) monthly garbage rate for residents per dwelling, with each additional can being eleven dollars ($11.00) per month. It is billed quarterly on the first of the month in January, April, July, and October. Please contact the garbage office for business rates at 205-221-8533.

Any time any commercial or industrial activity or any enterprise, trade, profession, occupation, or livelihood, including the lease of residential or nonresidential real estate, whether or not carried on for gain or profit, and whether or not engaged as a principal or independent contractor, which is engaged in, or caused to be engaged in, within the City limits of Jasper.

Sales tax is defined as a privilege or license tax on persons engaged in the business of selling at retail any tangible personal property within the city or in the business of conducting places of amusement or entertainment within the city, generally measured by the gross sales or receipts of such businesses and an excise tax on the storage, use or other consumption of tangible personal property within the city, generally measured by the sale price of such property.

Sales, use, lodging, and rental tax are paid directly to the State of Alabama. The city has partnered with the Alabama Department of Revenue in obtaining the department’s E-Filing Services for their taxpayers. You can file your return at http://www.revenue.alabama.gov/salestax/online/NSAsetup.htm. The City of Jasper’s jurisdiction number is 9680. The jurisdiction account number will be the same as your State of Alabama account number.

Jasper sales and use tax is 3.5% (0.35) of retail gross sales.

The City invests available funds with local financial institutions.  All funds in excess of federally insured deposits must comply with Alabama’s SAFE program.