Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-3-512

  • Blending: means the mixing of one (1) or more petroleum products, with or without another product, regardless of the original character of the product blended, if the product obtained by the blending is capable of use or otherwise sold for use in the generation of power to propel a motor vehicle, an airplane, a motorboat, or other mechanical contrivance. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Person: means a natural person, partnership, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, court appointed representative, state, political subdivision or any other entity, group, or syndicate. 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

Each person blending untaxed materials, including blendstocks and additives, with taxable petroleum products as to which taxes and fees have already been paid or accrued, shall remit the taxes and fees imposed by this chapter on the previously untaxed volumes. Should the blending process alter the specifications of the blended product according to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications, then applicable taxes and fees shall apply to the altered product.