Department of Revenue to hold bimonthly new business tax workshops in Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Johnson City

The Tennessee Department of Revenue will hold its next free bimonthly new business workshop:

NASHVILLE — July 24 from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the department’s Murfreesboro Road office, located at 1321 Murfreesboro Rd. in Nashville. The workshop will be held on the eighth floor.

MEMPHIS — July 12 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Renaissance Business Center, located at 555 Beale Street. The workshop will be held in the Memphis training room.

KNOXVILLE — July 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the department’s Knoxville regional office, located at 531 Henley St. The workshop will be held on the sixth floor in suite 606.

CHATTANOOGA — July 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the department’s Chattanooga regional office, located at 540 McCallie Ave. The workshop will be held in conference room 607.

JOHNSON CITY – July 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the department’s Johnson City regional office, located at 204 High Point Drive.

This free workshop is 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 and providing contact information. Areas of discussion will include business tax, sales and use tax, unemployment tax and tax enforcement procedures.

Interested individuals may register online at http://www.tennessee.gov/revenue/ bustaxworkshops/newbusworkshops.htm or call (615) 532-4975 to register for the program.

The Department of Revenue also offers new business tax workshops bimonthly across the state in Chattanooga, Johnson City, Knoxville and Memphis.

The Department of Revenue is responsible for the administration of state tax laws and motor vehicle title and registration laws established by the legislature and the collection of taxes and fees associated with those laws. The Department of Revenue collects approximately 92 percent of total state tax revenue. During the 2005-2006 fiscal year, the department collected $10.3 billion in state taxes and fees. In addition to collecting state taxes, $1.8 billion of local sales tax was collected by the department for local governments during the 2005-2006 fiscal year. Besides collecting taxes, the department enforces the revenue laws fairly and impartially in an effort to encourage voluntary taxpayer compliance. The department also apportions revenue collections for distribution to the various state funds and local units of government. To learn more about the department, log on to www.Tennessee.gov/revenue.