(a) Dealers and certified service providers have no liability to the state or local jurisdictions for having charged and collected the incorrect amount of sales or use tax resulting from the seller or certified service provider relying on erroneous data provided by the commissioner on tax rates, boundaries, or taxing jurisdiction assignments.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-6-533

  • Certified service provider: means an agent certified under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement to perform all of the seller's sales and use tax functions, other than the seller's obligation to remit tax on its own purchases. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Commissioner: means and includes the commissioner of revenue or the commissioner's duly authorized assistants. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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 tax: includes the "use" "consumption" "distribution" and "storage" as defined in this section. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
(b) Purchasers shall have no liability to the state or local jurisdictions where the purchaser or purchaser’s seller or certified service provider relied on erroneous tax rate or local jurisdiction boundary or jurisdiction assignment data.
(c) The erroneous tax rate or local jurisdiction boundary or jurisdiction assignment data must be the most recent published information utilized by the taxpayer or certified service provider that is effective on the date of the transaction. Taxpayers and certified service providers shall provide records evidencing reliance on the erroneous information.
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