1320-05-01-.08
Contractor-Dealers
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1320-05-01-.08
(1)
Contractors and sub-contractors engaged in the business of erecting, building or otherwise
improving, altering and repairing real property for others, and also engaged in the business of
selling building materials and supplies to other contractors, consumers, and users, and who
may not be able to segregate that portion of the materials and supplies that they will use or
consume in the fulfillment of their contracts from that portion of the materials and supplies
that they will sell at retail, may give a resale certificate to the seller of the materials and
supplies.
(2)
Contractor-dealers making sales of tangible personal property shall report all sales made,
and all withdrawals from inventory for use as a contractor each month, and pay any
applicable Sales or Use Tax due. Any withdrawal from inventory for use as a contractor shall
be reported and the tax due thereon shall be paid with the return for the location of the
inventory, regardless of the place of use, either in or out of the state.
(3)
Suppliers making sales of materials and supplies to contractor-dealers and delivering such
materials and supplies to a job site for use, or tagging or marking particular materials and
supplies for a particular job being performed by the contractor-dealer, shall collect the
applicable Sales or Use Tax on those sales.