(a) Subject to exemptions provided in part 4 of this chapter, a privilege tax is imposed upon all gasoline, fuel alcohol and substitutes therefor, imported into the state; the tax being levied when the product first comes to rest in the state. The tax shall also be imposed on all gasoline or substitutes therefor refined, manufactured, produced, or compounded in this state, and thereafter sold, stored or distributed in this state. The tax imposed by this section shall be collected and paid at those times, in the manner, and by those persons specified in this chapter. The rate of the tax imposed by this section shall be:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-3-201

  • Fuel alcohol: means any alcohol used or intended for use as fuel in a combustion engine or heating oil system. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Gasoline: means all products commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline that are suitable for use as a motor fuel, but does not include any product that is sold as a product other than gasoline and has an ASTM octane number of less than seventy-five (75) as determined by the "motor method". See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • In this state: means the area inside the boundaries of Tennessee, but does not include the midstream of waterways that border the state. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) On or after July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018, twenty-four cents (24¢) per gallon;
(2) On or after July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, twenty-five cents (25¢) per gallon; and
(3) On or after July 1, 2019, twenty-six cents (26¢) per gallon.
(b) No fuel shall be included in the measure of the tax liability under this section unless it shall have previously come to rest within the meaning of the commerce clause of the Constitution of the United States.
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