As originally enacted, 2024 Public Chapter 950 provides that if a taxpayer paid the franchise tax based upon the minimum measure tax base found at Tenn. Code Ann. Section 67-4-2108, then the Tennessee Department of Revenue...more
A compromise version of House Bill 1893/Senate Bill 2103 was passed by both Legislative Chambers on April 25, 2024 (the Bill). Subject to Governor Lee signing the Bill into law (which is expected to occur), the following is...more
Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Revenue (Department), David Gerregano, recently testified before the Revenue Subcommittee of the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee, regarding the Department's proposed...more
The Tennessee Department of Revenue (Department) recently posted certain selected informal conference summaries which provides taxpayers with insight into how the Hearing Office will address various issues arising under...more
On January 22, 2024, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee's administration filed House Bill 1893 in the 2024 Session of the 113th General Assembly. The apparent purpose of House Bill 1893 is to address the potential constitutional...more
On January 4, 2024, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced plans to amend the Tennessee franchise tax to simplify the calculation of the franchise tax to "in effect give tax relief to businesses that are invested in our...more
The following is an overview of guidance regarding the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Allocation Program (LIC Bonus) and the Energy Community Tax Credit Bonus....more
On April 5, 2023, the Tennessee Department of Revenue (Department) posted to its website certain selected informal conference summaries. As noted in this posting, the Department chose several topics of interest for this...more
On April 9, 2020, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee issued Executive Order No. 26, "An Order Suspending Provisions of Certain Statutes and Rules in Order to Facilitate Remote Notarization and Witnessing of Documents" (sometimes,...more
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in South Dakota vs. Wayfair, Inc. et al. represents a significant change in the sales tax collection and remitting responsibilities of all businesses, large and small, selling at retail...more
The Tennessee Department of Revenue (the Department) is in the process of proposing a wide range of regulations addressing current state tax laws. The purpose of this project is to promulgate new regulations to clarify and...more