2020 Tennessee Code
Title 67 - Taxes and Licenses
Chapter 4 - Privilege and Excise Taxes
Part 15 - Short-Term Rental Unit Marketplace Tax
§ 67-4-1503. Collection and Remittance of Tax — Monthly Report and Remittance — Audits — Confidentiality of Information. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

For purposes of this part:

1. A short-term rental unit marketplace shall, with respect to each short-term rental unit transaction facilitated by the short-term rental unit marketplace, collect and remit the taxes set out in § 67-4-1502(a), even if the transaction is occasional or isolated as contemplated in § 67-6-102(8)(B);
2. A short-term rental unit marketplace shall report its taxes collected pursuant to § 67-4-1502(a) on a monthly basis and remit the aggregate total amounts for each respective jurisdiction for each month;
3. Taxes payable by a short-term rental unit marketplace in accordance with § 67-4-1502(a) are subject to audit only by the department at the commissioner's sole discretion. Audits of a short-term rental unit marketplace must be conducted solely on the basis of the tax identification number associated with each short-term rental unit marketplace and shall not be conducted directly or indirectly on any individual short-term rental unit provider or any transient to whom short-term rental units are furnished. An audit described in this subdivision (3) must be conducted on the basis of returns filed by the short-term rental unit marketplace with the department, and if requested by the short-term rental unit marketplace, must include all tax types for which the short-term rental unit marketplace is required to collect and remit pursuant to § 67-4-1502(a); and
4. If a short-term rental unit marketplace is required to disclose any personally identifiable information relating to any short-term rental unit provider or transient to whom a short-term rental unit is furnished, such information is confidential pursuant to § 67-1-1702.