Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-3-205

  • Export: means to obtain petroleum products in this state for sale, use, or distribution in another state. 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
  • Petroleum products: means all benzol, gasoline, burning oil, distillate, fuel oil, gas oil, kerosene, naphtha, or any other volatile substance, excluding propane, reflecting a gravity of sixteen degrees (16°. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103

An export tax of one-twentieth of one cent (1/20 of 1¢) per gallon is levied upon all of the petroleum products, subject to the special privilege tax provided at § 67-3-203, which are stored in this state, or have come to rest after shipment in interstate commerce and are stored in this state, and are subsequently exported to points outside of this state. If with respect to these petroleum products the special privilege tax has already been paid, then nineteen-twentieths (19/20) of the special privilege tax may be credited on a monthly return, or in the alternative, refunded.