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Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-6-533

Liability of sellers and certified service providers when relying on erroneous data

Known as the Retailers' Sales Tax Act

The act spans §§ 67-6-101 to 67-6-907 (222 sections).

Acts 2003, ch. 357, § 61; 2004, ch. 959, § 68; 2005, ch. 311, § 1; 2007, ch. 602, §§ 51, 110.

(1) Dealers and certified service providers have no liability to the state or local jurisdictions for having charged and collected the incorrect amount of sales or use tax resulting from the seller or certified service provider relying on erroneous data provided by the commissioner on tax rates, boundaries, or taxing jurisdiction assignments.

(2) Purchasers shall have no liability to the state or local jurisdictions where the purchaser or purchaser's seller or certified service provider relied on erroneous tax rate or local jurisdiction boundary or jurisdiction assignment data.

(3) The erroneous tax rate or local jurisdiction boundary or jurisdiction assignment data must be the most recent published information utilized by the taxpayer or certified service provider that is effective on the date of the transaction. Taxpayers and certified service providers shall provide records evidencing reliance on the erroneous information.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.