(a) Requests for the inspection or disclosure of a return or tax information and such inspection or disclosure shall be made in such manner and at such time and place as shall be prescribed by the commissioner.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-1-1708

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of revenue. See Tennessee Code 67-1-1701
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: means every individual, firm, association, joint-stock company, syndicate, partnership, corporation, or state or federal agency. See Tennessee Code 67-1-1701
  • Return: means any tax or information return, declaration of estimated tax, claim for refund, or petition for waiver of penalty required by, or provided for, or permitted under, any law, that is filed with or submitted to the commissioner by, on behalf of, or with respect to, any person, and any amendment or supplement thereto, including supporting schedules, attachments, or lists which are supplemental to, or part of, any return so filed or submitted. See Tennessee Code 67-1-1701
  • Tax information: means a taxpayer's identity, the nature, source, or amount of the taxpayer's income, payments, receipts, deductions, exemptions, credits, assets, liabilities, net worth, tax liability, tax collected, deficiencies, overassessments, or tax payments, whether the taxpayer's return was, is being, or will be, examined or subject to other investigation or processing, or any other data, received by, recorded by, prepared by, furnished to, or collected by, the commissioner with respect to a return or with respect to the determination of the existence, or possible existence, of liability, or the amount of the liability, of any person for any tax, penalty, interest, fine, forfeiture, or other penalty, imposition or offense, administered by or collected by the commissioner, either directly or indirectly. See Tennessee Code 67-1-1701
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) A reproduction or certified reproduction of a return shall, upon written request, be furnished to any person to whom disclosure or inspection of such return is authorized by law. A reasonable fee may be prescribed by the commissioner for furnishing such reproduction or certified reproduction.
(c) Tax information disclosed to any person under the provisions of law may be provided in the form of written documents, reproductions of such documents, films or photo impressions, or electronically produced tapes, discs or records, or by any other mode or means which the commissioner determines is necessary or appropriate. A reasonable fee may be prescribed by the commissioner for furnishing such tax information.
(d) Any reproduction of any return, document or other material made in accordance with this section shall have the same legal status as the original, and any such reproduction shall, if properly authenticated, be admissible in evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding as if it were the original, whether or not the original is in existence.