(a) The commissioner is empowered and it is the commissioner’s duty to collect the tax, together with penalty and interest, levied under this part from any officer, stockholder, partner, member, principal, or employee of a taxpayer that is out of business or has dissolved, liquidated, otherwise terminated at a time when it has refused or failed to pay the excise tax levied under this part, and any such officer, stockholder, partner, member, principal, or employee has received property belonging to the taxpayer, but such collection shall be limited to the value of the property received.
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) The commissioner is empowered to certify to the secretary of state the name of any taxpayer that fails or refuses to file any statement or return or to pay any fee or tax required by this part; however, no certification shall be issued until such statement, return, or tax has remained delinquent for a period of ninety (90) days.(c) At the time of such certification to the secretary of state, the commissioner shall give notice to the taxpayer of the action taken. Thereupon, the charter or certificate of such taxpayer or its domestication in Tennessee shall stand as automatically dissolved or revoked and the secretary of state shall note such revocation or dissolution upon the secretary of state’s records.(d) At any time after the date of revocation or dissolution, such charter or certificate or domestication may be reinstated upon the filing of all reports and the payment of all fees, taxes, penalty and interest due the state; provided, that the title has not been taken by another taxpayer.
