POS built for Alabama convenience, grocery and liquor stores

Alabama's state rate is 4%, but cities and counties layer their own tax on top, and Alabama's average local add-on of 5.46% is the highest in the country, pushing the average combined rate to about 9.46%. Some jurisdictions levy as much as 8% locally on their own, and Alabama splits collection between the Department of Revenue and self-administered localities, so one store can owe returns to more than one authority. Storeveu holds the combined rate at the store level so each register applies the exact rate for its address.

Alabama taxes food for home consumption at a reduced 2% state rate as of September 2025, down from 3% and then 4% in prior years, using the federal SNAP definition of food. That definition excludes alcohol, tobacco, and hot foods ready for immediate consumption, so a heated item in the same case pays the full 4% state rate plus local. City and county tax on groceries is untouched by the state reduction and keeps applying at the full local rate. Storeveu applies the 2% state rate by SNAP-eligible flag and rings hot case items at the standard rate automatically.

Alabama requires e-liquid and alternative nicotine products to be certified to a state Directory of ENDS Approved for Sale as of October 2025, so vape and nicotine pouch items need an active directory check rather than a fixed planogram. From January 1, 2026, consumable hemp products can only be sold under an ABC Board licence, which affects any store currently ringing hemp drinks or gummies. Storeveu lets you gate individual SKUs so items can be turned off the moment they fall out of an approved list.

A standard off-premises licence covers beer up to 13.9% ABV and table wine up to 24% ABV, though wine above 16.5% ABV with added herbs or flavourings other than vermouth counts as liquor instead. Packaged spirits need a separate liquor package licence that most convenience stores do not hold, and counties and cities each vote wet or dry and set their own hours, so alcohol has to be a per-store setting. The purchase age is 21 for both alcohol and tobacco or nicotine products. Storeveu prompts for date of birth at the register and restricts alcohol and tobacco categories to the licence each store actually holds.