The Tennessee Department of Revenue will be holding a series of free tax workshops for new businesses in Chattanooga, Johnson City, Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville in May. Details on the bi-monthly workshops are below.
Chattanooga: May 11, from 8:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. at the Department's Chattanooga regional office, located at 1301 Riverfront Pkwy., Suite 2.250.
Johnson City: May 12, from 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at the Department's Johnson City regional office, located at 204 High Point Dr.
Knoxville: May 11, from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
at the Department's Knoxville regional office, at 7175 Strawberry Plains Pike. The workshops will be held on the third floor.
Memphis: May 5, from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CT at the Renaissance Business Center, located at 555 Beale St. The workshop will be held in the Memphis Training Room.
Nashville: May 18, from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CT at the Department's Andrew Jackson State Office Building location at 500 Deaderick St. The workshop will be held in the Hearing Room (G.201) on the ground floor.
These free workshops are designed to assist those encountering business-related taxes for the first time. Tax specialists from various local and state agencies will provide the basic information needed to comply with registration and tax requirements. During the session, attendees will have the opportunity to listen to these tax specialists, ask questions and receive materials explaining tax responsibilities. Areas of discussion will include business tax, sales and use tax and tax enforcement procedures.
Space is limited and registration is required. For more information, call 800-342-1003 (toll-free inside Tennessee) or 615-253-0600 (local Nashville-area and outside Tennessee). You can find more information about the workshops
here.
The Department of Revenue is responsible for the administration of state tax laws and motor vehicle title and registration laws and the collection of taxes and fees associated with those laws. The Department collects about 87 percent of total state revenue. During the 2015 fiscal year, it collected $12.6 billion in state taxes and fees and more than $2.4 billion in taxes and fees for local governments. To learn more about the Department, visit
www.tn.gov/revenue.