(a) Each production credit association shall pay annually to the commissioner of revenue the specified privilege tax provided under this part, which tax is to be measured by the income of the association, and shall be computed at the rate of three and three fourths percent (3.75%) of the net receipts of the association.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-4-403

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • production credit association: means a corporation organized and chartered pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 56-4-401
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b)

(1) Net receipts shall be computed on an accrual basis and are defined to be the gross receipts from the following sources:

(A) Interest on loans;
(B) Loan service fees;
(C) Interest on securities unless by law otherwise tax exempt;
(D) Compensation or fees or services performed;
(E) Capital gains from the sale of real and personal property; and
(F) Other receipts; LESS
(2)

(A) Patronage refunds; and
(B) All expenses of the association, which expenses shall include, in addition to the usual and normal expenses of operation:

(i)

(a) Bad debts charged off; or
(b) Annual additions for valuation reserves against loan assets in an amount equal to one half of one percent (0.5%) of the loans outstanding at the end of the fiscal year, to the extent that earnings in the year in excess of other operating expenses permit, until the reserves are equal to, but are not in excess of, three and one half percent (3.5%) of loans outstanding at the end of the fiscal year, whichever sum is greater;
(ii) Interest paid or accrued;
(iii) Legal recording and abstract fees;
(iv) Depreciation on capital assets;
(v) Federal, county and city taxes paid or accrued;
(vi) Operating expenses on acquired property;
(vii) Capital losses; and
(viii) Other ordinary and necessary items of expense.