1320-04-05-.01
Accommodation Sales And Other Similar Transactions
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1320-04-05-.01
(1)
The term "accommodation sales" means occasional and incidental sales for resale by
persons regularly engaged in the business of making sales of the type of property so sold to
other persons similarly engaged in the business of selling such property, provided the
following condition is met: The amount paid by the buyer to the seller does not exceed the
amount paid by the seller to his vendor in the acquisition of the article, but to which may be
added the cost of freight, in storage cost, and transportation cost incurred in the transfer from
the seller to the buyer. Receipts from a bona fide accommodation sale shall not be deemed
to be taxable under the Business Tax Act and may be deducted from the gross sales in
determining the tax base, provided such sales have been included in the gross sales
reported on the Business Tax Return.
BUSINESS TAX RULES AND REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1320-04-05
(2)
Where a person transfers property to another for resale on a memorandum basis, and in turn
receives property in kind for the property transferred, there is deemed to be no sale and no
Business Tax payable on the transaction.