Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-8-104

  • Marketplace contractor: means any individual, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other business entity that:
    (A) Enters into an agreement with a marketplace platform to use the platform's online-enabled application, software, website, or system to receive connections to third-party individuals or entities seeking services in this state. See Tennessee Code 50-8-101
  • Marketplace platform: means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other business entity operating in this state that:
    (A) Offers an online-enabled application, software, website, or system that enables the provision of services by marketplace contractors to third-party individuals or entities seeking services. See Tennessee Code 50-8-101

If a third party uses a marketplace platform‘s online-enabled application, software, website, or system to engage the services of a marketplace contractor and the marketplace platform provides an option for third parties to include a tip in connection with the transaction, then the marketplace platform shall remit the tip to the marketplace contractor and shall not retain any amount of a tip or use it to cover the marketplace platform’s obligations to the marketplace contractor.