Alabama has a state income tax, so tax time here means two returns — your federal return and your Alabama return. Compass Tax Center handles both, personally, year-round, and 100% virtually. From Huntsville to the Gulf Coast, we're a secure upload and a phone call away.
A federal return and an Alabama return, prepared together so they agree and you claim every credit you're owed. Alabama is easy on retirees — it doesn't tax Social Security or most pensions — and we make sure your return takes full advantage.
Two returns instead of one means more to keep straight. We handle the whole picture, federal and state, and we're here after April, too.
Alabama doesn't tax Social Security, and it exempts most traditional pension income too, which makes it genuinely retirement-friendly. On the working side, several Alabama cities — including Birmingham — charge a local occupational tax on wages earned there.
Both of those are easy to get wrong on your own. We make sure retirees claim the exemptions they're owed and that any city occupational tax is handled correctly alongside your state return.
Alabama's income tax is the main event, but a few other taxes matter too. If any of these are you, they're firmly in our wheelhouse.
You don't need a tax office down the road — you need the right person handling both your returns. Everything we do is secure and fully virtual, so working with us is exactly as easy from the Gulf Coast as it is from Birmingham. And since we serve all 50 states, if life moves you out of Alabama, your tax help doesn't have to change.
Start now or book a free consultation. We're here year-round — for tax season and everything after it.