A bill to raise Alabama’s online sales tax rate that was rejected during this year’s regular legislative session will be filed again next year.

HB 17, sponsored by Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, would have changed the Simplified Sellers Use Tax, an online sales tax from 8% to 9.25%. The additional amount would have been allocated to the State Treasury for the General Fund and Education Trust Fund; local governments; and local boards of education.

A second bill related to SSUT that would have recalculated the tax rate every few years based on a formula and was tied to the passage of another bill that created a sales tax holiday.