(a) Tangible personal property that:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-5-217

  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Is moving in interstate commerce through or over the territory of this state; or
(2) Was consigned to a warehouse within this state from outside this state, for storage, in transit, to a final destination, whether specified when transportation begins or afterwards, that is also outside this state,

shall be deemed not to have acquired a situs in this state for purposes of ad valorem taxation.

(b)

(1) Tangible personal property transported to a plant, warehouse or establishment within this state, from outside this state, for storage or repackaging, and held for eventual sale or other disposition, other than at retail, to a destination, whether specified when transportation begins or afterwards, that is outside this state, shall be deemed not to have acquired a situs within this state for purposes of ad valorem taxation.
(2) In the event such tangible personal property mentioned in subdivision (b)(1) is held for sale or eventual disposition to destinations both within and without this state, then this exemption shall be applicable to that percentage of the value of such tangible personal property, in the same proportion that sales or other dispositions to final destinations outside of this state, during the preceding year, bears to the total sales or dispositions of such tangible personal property during such preceding year.