Section 45-10-244 - Definitions(a) The following words, terms, and phrases where used in this subpart shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) "County" means Cherokee County in the State of Alabama.(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Revenue of the state.(3) "State Department of Revenue" means the Department of Revenue of the state.(4) "State" means the State of Alabama.(5) "State sales tax statutes" means Division 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, including all other statutes of the state which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the taxes levied in Division 1 and all other statutes which expressly apply to, or purport to affect, the administration of Division 1 and the incidence and collection of the taxes imposed therein.(6) "State sales tax" means the tax or taxes imposed by the state sales tax statutes.(7) "State use tax statutes" means Article 2 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, including all other statutes of the state which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the tax levied in the Article 2 and all other statutes of the state which expressly apply to or purport to affect the administration of the Article 2 and the incidence and collection of the taxes imposed therein.(8) "State use tax" means the tax or taxes imposed by the state use tax statutes.(9) "Registered seller" means the person registered with the state Department of Revenue pursuant to the state use tax statutes or licensed under the state sales tax statutes.(10) "Month" means a calendar month.(11) "Quarterly period" means the period of three months ending on the last day of each March, June, September, and December.(12) "Fiscal year" means the period commencing on October 1 of each calendar year and ending on September 30 of the next succeeding calendar year.(b) Except where another meaning is clearly indicated by the context, all definitions set forth in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes shall be effective as definitions of the words, terms, and phrases used in this subpart. All words, terms, and phrases used herein, other than those hereinabove specifically defined, shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes and shall have the same scope and effect that the same words, terms, and phrases have where used in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes.Ala. Code § 45-10-244 (1975)