(a) The authorized collector, in administering and enforcing this part, has, as additional powers, those powers and duties with respect to collecting taxes as provided in this title or otherwise provided by law for the county clerks; provided, that chapter 1, part 17 of this title does not apply to any record, document, or other information pertaining to a tax on the privilege of occupancy in a hotel imposed by a municipality pursuant to this part.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-4-1410

  • Collector: includes any person entrusted with the collection of public revenue. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Hotel: means any structure or space, or any portion thereof, that is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes, and includes privately, publicly, or government-owned hotels, inns, tourist camps, tourist courts, tourist cabins, motels, short-term rental units, primitive and recreational vehicle campsites and campgrounds, or any place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are furnished to transients for consideration. See Tennessee Code 67-4-1401
  • Municipality: means an incorporated city or town or a county, but does not include a county with a metropolitan form of government. See Tennessee Code 67-4-1401
  • Occupancy: means the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, of any room, lodgings or accommodations in any hotel. See Tennessee Code 67-4-1401
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States and any foreign country or political subdivision thereof. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2004
  • taxpayer: means every corporation, subchapter S corporation, limited liability company, professional limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, professional registered limited liability partnership, limited partnership, cooperative, joint-stock association, business trust, regulated investment company, REIT, state-chartered or national bank, or state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan association. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2004
(b) Upon any claim of illegal assessment and collection, the taxpayer shall have the remedies provided in this title, it being the intent of this part that the provisions of law that apply to the recovery of state taxes illegally assessed and collected also apply to taxes illegally assessed and collected under the authority of this part; provided, that the authorized collector shall possess those powers and duties as provided in § 67-1-707 for the county clerks.
(c) With respect to the adjustment and settlement with taxpayers, all errors of taxes collected by the authorized collector under the authority of this part shall be refunded by the authorized collector.
(d) Notice of any tax paid under protest shall be given to the authorized collector and the ordinance authorizing levy of the tax shall designate a municipal officer against whom suit may be brought for recovery.
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