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 July.
The workshop held in Chattanooga will be July 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Department's Chattanooga regional office, located at 1301 Riverfront Parkway, Suite 2.250.
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). More information about the workshops is 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.