Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-1-1008

  • Back assessment: means the assessment of property, including land or improvements not identified or included in the valuation of the property, that has been omitted from or totally escaped taxation. See Tennessee Code 67-1-1001
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Reassessment: means the assessment of property that has been assessed at less than its actual cash value by reason of connivance, fraud, deception, misrepresentation, misstatement, or omission of the property owner or the owner's agent. See Tennessee Code 67-1-1001

If the back assessment or reassessment is sustained, the cost of the proceeding shall be added to the taxes and collectible as such. If the back assessment or reassessment is set aside, the cost shall be paid by the jurisdiction to which the taxes would have been payable, or by the complainant if the board determines the complaint was filed or prosecuted by the complainant without good cause. In a case of connivance, fraud, deception, misrepresentation, or failure to file a personal property schedule, the board may impose a penalty not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the taxes due, which shall be added to the taxes due and be collectible as such.