City of Gulf Shores
Revenue Division
ACH Credit Payment Method

General
Your company must be pre-approved to pay City of Gulf Shores taxes using the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Credit Payment Method. This notice provides the City of Gulf Shores’s information for making those payments once approval has been obtained. Taxpayers that do not obtain pre-approval, or who otherwise do not comply with the below requirements may not be permitted to remit tax payments using the ACH Credit Method and may be subject to late payment penalties and interest.

The EFT tax payments must be transferred to the City of Gulf Shores's bank account by the due date of the taxes.  The EFT payment must be transmitted one business day before the DUE DATE prior to your bank's cut-off-time, for the payment to be considered timely paid.  Please contact the City of Gulf Shores for the bank transit / routing number and the bank account number to use for making the payments:

Gulf Shores
Revenue Division
Marcia Ward - Revenue Officer
Evie Grow - Deputy Revenue Officer
Cindy Terry - Revenue Clerk
P. O. Box 4089
Gulf Shores, AL 36547-4089
Phone: 251-968-2426
Fax: 251-968-1470
Email: revenuedepartment@gulfshoresal.gov
Website: www.gulfshoresal.gov

Alabama Department of Revenue Guidelines
The City of Gulf Shores generally adheres to the Alabama Department of Revenue rules as contained in the EFT Program Guide Booklet of ACH Credit Payment Method Procedures & Guidelines available online from ADOR. Taxpayers should be familiar with these guidelines.

Addenda Record Required
Taxpayer is responsible for providing its financial institution with the information necessary to initiate a timely ACH Credit transaction utilizing the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) CCD+ entry and the TXP Banking Convention Addenda Record. Additional information concerning the TXP Banking Convention Addenda Record required by the City of Gulf Shores can be found below.

TXP Banking Convention Addenda Record Format

Taxpayer ID
Tax Code:  SC
Taxpayer Account Number:  This is your tax account number assigned to you by the City of Gulf Shores (right justified, zero filled)

TXP Code
04801

Confirmation Number
This number is provided to the taxpayer when the online return is submitted, which should appear as follows on the return printed by the taxpayer:

City of Gulf Shores Recommendations for the Company Batch Header Record
Periodically, due to error or software problems, the entire TXP Addenda Record may not be received by the City of Gulf Shores. If that occurs, it may not be possible to identify the taxpayer making the payment. To assist in resolving these/errors conditions, please provide the following information in the Company Batch Header Record:

See NACHA’s annual ACH Rules: A Complete Guide to Rules & Regulations Governing the ACH Network for a more complete description of the Company Batch Header Record.