(a) Persons acting as executors, administrators, guardians, agents, attorneys, clerks of any court, or in any fiduciary capacity whatever, shall make a return of the property, moneys, and effects held or controlled by them in any of such capacities, separate from the individual returns, showing the names of the person or persons for whose use and benefit such is held, and the same shall be listed separately for taxation.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-5-511
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
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.
Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) In all cases where any person acting in a fiduciary capacity shall fail, or neglect, or refuse to return to the assessor the schedule of property for taxation as provided for in subsection (a), the assessor may report in writing the fact to the county mayor, who shall cite the person, agent, attorney, firm, officer, officers of the company or corporation before the county mayor, and shall demand of them to answer the questions provided in this chapter, under oath or affirmation, and shall have power to punish for contempt for failure to answer; and, if the refusal to answer is persisted in, the county mayor shall make such an assessment in such cases from the best information that the county mayor can obtain, and such assessment shall be prima facie evidence as to the value and ownership of the property, and the costs accrued under this section shall be paid by and be charged against the taxpayers and upon the property.
