(a) Notwithstanding the reduced rate for purchases by common carriers, there are exempt from the sales and use tax railroad track materials and locomotive radiators purchased in this state by railroads for use outside this state.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-6-340

  • Commissioner: means and includes the commissioner of revenue or the commissioner's duly authorized assistants. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Dealer: means every person, as used in this chapter, including Model 1, Model 2, and Model 3 sellers, where the context requires, who:
    (A) Manufactures or produces tangible personal property for sale at retail, for use, consumption, distribution, or for storage to be used or consumed in this state. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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) Persons seeking to make exempt purchases as provided in this section shall apply to the commissioner for a certificate as provided in § 67-6-529. In order to obtain the exemption, a copy of the certificate provided by this section or a fully completed Streamlined Sales Tax certificate of exemption shall be given by the railroad to each dealer from which it intends to make exempt purchases.
(c) If a railroad fails to keep records as required by the commissioner to establish that railroad track materials or locomotive radiators purchased exempt from tax were not used in this state, but were removed from this state for use and consumption outside this state, then the railroad shall be liable for tax on such materials or radiators at the full rate provided by § 67-6-203, regardless of whether such railroad had previously obtained a certificate as provided by this section.
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