In the event an employer fails to pay to the department any amount required to be paid under this division, that amount may be assessed against the employer in the same manner, including interest and penalties, as is prescribed for the assessment of income tax under the provisions of Chapter 2A of Title 40. The employer may appeal from any preliminary or final assessment in the same manner and subject to the same procedures prescribed for income tax appeals by Chapter 2A of Title 40. When no appeal from a final assessment is timely filed by the employer, execution may be issued upon the final assessment in the same manner as is provided by law for the issuance of an execution by the department.
Ala. Code § 41-10-730 (1975)