Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-4-2019

  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • public REIT: means an entity that has an election in effect under §. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2004

There shall be exempt from the payment of the excise tax levied under this part any person treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes that directly or indirectly distributes one hundred percent (100%) of its net earnings or net losses to a public REIT.