1320-04-05-.47
Sales For Resale
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1320-04-05-.47
(1)
Sales for resale include those whereby a supplier of materials, supplies, equipment and
services makes such tangible personal property or services available for further processing
as a component part of a product to legitimate dealers engaged in and actually reselling or
leasing such property or services to a user or consumer. Sales to a manufacturer or
processor for future processing, manufacture or conversion into articles of tangible personal
property for resale where such industrial materials become a component part of the finished
product are likewise considered sales for resale.
(2)
Sales of tangible personal property and services to a retailer who may make further
distributions from a central warehouse or other distribution point to others for resale shall be
deemed to be wholesale sales.
(3)
Sales for resale made by a wholesaler to another wholesaler shall not be subject to business
tax.
BUSINESS TAX RULES AND REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1320-04-05
(4)
The price charged by the vendor for tangible personal property or services or the quality of
such property or services is immaterial in determining whether or not a sale is one for resale.
The controlling factor is what the vendee does with his purchase.
(5)
Sales to a contractor who in the course of performing his contract installs property or uses
services in a structure, as a component part thereof, are retail sales to a user or consumer.