(a) There is exempt from the sales or use tax the transfer of preliminary artwork by an advertising agency to its client. The use by an advertising agency of preliminary artwork created by the advertising agency to provide advertising services is exempt from the taxes imposed by this chapter.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-6-312

  • Advertising agency: means a business, more than eighty percent (80%) of whose gross receipts in the previous taxable year were, or in the first taxable year are reasonably projected to be, from charges for advertising services. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Advertising materials: means tangible personal property or its digital equivalent produced to advertise a product, service, idea, concept, issue, place or thing, including, but not limited to, brochures, catalogs and point-of-purchase materials, but not including preliminary artwork, and not including original sound recordings or video recordings produced by recording studios, television studios, video production studios or by or for advertising agencies, or masters produced from the original recordings, regardless of whether the original recordings or masters are produced in a tangible medium or a digital equivalent. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Advertising services: means services rendered by an advertising agency to promote a product, service, idea, concept, issue, place or thing, including services rendered to design and produce advertising materials prior to the acceptance of the advertising materials for reproduction or publication, including, but not limited to:
    (i) Advice and counseling regarding marketing and advertising. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Final artwork: means tangible personal property or its digital equivalent that is suitable for use in producing advertising materials and includes, but is not limited to, photographs, illustrations, drawings, paintings, calligraphy, models and similar works that are used to produce advertising materials, but does not include preliminary artwork or original sound recordings or video recordings produced by recording studios, television studios, video production studios, or by or for advertising agencies, or masters produced from the original recordings regardless of whether the original recordings or masters are produced in a tangible medium or a digital equivalent. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Preliminary artwork: means tangible personal property and digital equivalents that are produced by an advertising agency in the course of providing advertising services solely for the purpose of conveying concepts or ideas or demonstrating an idea or message to a client and includes, but is not limited to concept sketches, illustrations, drawings, paintings, models, photographs, storyboards or similar materials. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Sale: includes the furnishing of any of the things or services taxable under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Sales price: includes consideration received by the seller from third parties, if:
    (i) The seller actually receives consideration from a party other than the purchaser, and the consideration is directly related to a price reduction or discount on the sale. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Use: means and includes the exercise of any right or power over tangible personal property incident to the ownership thereof, except that it does not include the sale at retail of that property in the regular course of business. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Use tax: includes the "use" "consumption" "distribution" and "storage" as defined in this section. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
(b) The sale or use of final artwork is subject to the taxes levied by this chapter. If final artwork is provided by an advertising agency to its client pursuant to an agreement for providing advertising services, the sales price for the final artwork shall not include any fees paid for advertising services and shall include only the charges made by the advertising agency that are directly allocable to the production of final artwork.
(c) The sale or use of advertising materials is subject to the taxes levied by this chapter.