Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-3-301

  • 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
  • Qualified terminal: means a qualified terminal as defined under the Internal Revenue Code, regulation and practices, that has been assigned a terminal control number (TCN) by the internal revenue service. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Rack: means a mechanism for delivering motor fuel from a refinery, terminal, or bulk plant into a railroad tank car, a transport truck or another means of bulk transfer outside of the bulk transfer/terminal system. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Refinery: means a facility used to produce motor fuel from crude oil, unfinished oils, natural gas liquids, or other hydrocarbons, and from which motor fuel may be removed by pipeline, by marine vessel, or at a rack. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Terminal: means a storage and distribution facility for taxable motor fuel, supplied by pipeline or marine vessel, that is registered as a qualified terminal by the internal revenue service. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103

The tax imposed by § 67-3-201 on taxable gallons imported into this state by a licensed importer shall be measured and levied at the time the product first comes to rest in this state. On a product refined, produced, or compounded in this state, the tax shall be measured and levied on any finished product when first placed into storage for sale or use. For a product removed from a qualified terminal or refinery outside this state, destined for this state under a tax precollection election provided in § 67-3-503, the tax shall be measured and levied at the time the product is removed across the terminal rack of such out-of-state facility, as if the product were imported and came to rest in this state.