Property Assessor Davidson County Tennessee

(a) All partnerships, corporations, other business associations not issuing stock and individuals operating for profit as a business or profession, including manufacturers, except those whose property is entirely assessable by the comptroller of the treasury, shall be furnished by the assessor not later than February 1 of each year, a schedule requiring the taxpayer to list in detail all tangible personal property owned by the taxpayer and used or held for use in such business or profession including, but not limited to, furniture, fixtures, machinery and equipment, all raw materials, supplies, but excluding all finished goods in the hands of the manufacturer and the inventories of merchandise held for sale or exchange, such schedule to be approved by the director of property assessments.

(b) It is the duty of the taxpayer to list fully such tangible personal property used, or held for use, in the taxpayer's business or profession on such schedule, including such other information relating thereto as may be required by the assessor, place its correct value thereon, sign same, and return it to the assessor prior to March 1 of each year. In lieu of detailing acquisition cost on the reporting schedule, the taxpayer may certify that the depreciated value of tangible personal property otherwise reportable on the form is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less. The assessor shall accept the certification, subject to audit, and fix the value of tangible personal property assessable to the taxpayer pursuant to the schedule, at one thousand dollars ($1,000). This value shall be subject to equalization pursuant to § 67-5-1509. The certification stated on the schedule shall warn the taxpayer that it is made subject to penalties for perjury and subject to statutory penalty and costs if proven false.

(c) A taxpayer who fails, refuses or neglects to complete, sign and file such schedule with the assessor of property, as provided in subsection (b), commits a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), and the assessor shall assess the tangible personal property of the taxpayer which is used, or held for use, in the taxpayer's business or profession, and shall give the taxpayer notice of such assessment by United States mail, addressed to the last known address of the taxpayer, or the taxpayer's agent, at least five (5) calendar days before the local board of equalization commences its annual session.

(d) The remedy of a taxpayer against whom a forced assessment is made as provided in this section shall be the same as provided in § 67-5-1407, but such remedy shall be conditioned upon the taxpayer filing with the board of equalization a complete listing or schedule of all the tangible personal property owned or used by the taxpayer in the operation of the taxpayer's business on the same form as required to be filed with the assessor.

(e) The taxpayer may amend a personal property schedule previously filed with the assessor at any time until September 1 following the tax year. If the assessor agrees with the amended schedule, the assessor shall thereupon revise the assessment and certify the revised assessment to the trustee. If the assessor believes the assessment should be otherwise than claimed in the amended schedule, the assessor shall adjust the assessment and give written notice to the taxpayer of the adjusted assessment. The taxpayer may appeal the assessor's adjustment of or refusal to accept an amended assessment schedule to the local and state boards of equalization in the manner otherwise provided by law. Additional taxes due as the result of an amended schedule shall not be deemed delinquent until sixty (60) days after the date notice of the amended assessment was sent to the taxpayer. Amendment of a personal property schedule shall not be permitted once suit has been filed to collect delinquent taxes related to the original assessment.

(f) The schedule approved by the director of property assessments and supplied to taxpayers shall contain schedules reflecting the following rates of allowable depreciated cost for the listed categories of property, as well as spaces for general data on the particular taxpayer:

Year	Cost on File	Revised Cost	Depr.
----------	----------	----------	----------
1			.80
2			.60
3			.40
4			.20
Prior			.20
Total

GROUP 1B (eight-year life)

GROUP 1 - Furniture, Fixtures, General Equipment, and All Other Property Not Listed in Another Group

Year	Cost on File	Revised Cost	Depr.
----------	----------	----------	----------
1			.88
2			.75
3			.63
4			.50
5			.38
6			.25
7			.20
Prior

GROUP 2 - Computers, Copiers, Peripherals, and Tools (three-year life)

Year	Cost on File	Revised Cost	Depr.
----------	----------	----------	----------
1			.67
2			.33
Prior			.20
Total

GROUP 3 - Molds, Dies, and Jigs (four-year life)

Year	Cost on File	Revised Cost	Depr.
----------	----------	----------	----------
1			.75
2			.50
3			.25
Prior			.20
Total

GROUP 4 - Aircraft, Boats and Towers (not classified as real property) (13-year life)

Year	Cost on File	Revised Cost	Depr.
----------	----------	----------	----------
1			.92
2			.85
3			.77
4			.69
5			.62
6			.54
7			.46
8			.38
9			.31
10			.23
11			.20
Prior			.20
Total

GROUP 5 - Manufacturing Machinery (eight-year life)

Year	Cost on File	Revised Cost	Depr.
----------	----------	----------	----------
1			.88
2			.75
3			.63
4			.50
5			.38
6			.25
7			.20
Prior			.20
Total

GROUP 6 - Billboards, Tanks, and Pipelines (unless classified as real property) (16-year life)

Year	Cost on File	Revised Cost	Depr.
----------	----------	----------	----------
1			.94
2			.88
3			.81
4			.75
5			.69
6			.63
7			.56
8			.50
9			.44
10			.38
11			.31
12			.25
13			.20
Prior			.20
Total

GROUP 7 - Scrap Property

Year	Cost on File	Revised Cost	Depr.
----------	----------	----------	----------
All			.02

GROUP 8 - Raw Materials and Supplies

Cost on File Revised Cost

Original cost

(g) (1) Tangible personal property which the taxpayer treats as construction-in-process (hereinafter "CIP") for federal income tax purposes as of the assessment date may be reported in the taxpayer's schedule filed with the assessor at fifteen percent (15%) of its cost as reported for federal income tax purposes. Qualified pollution control property shall be valued as provided in § 67-5-604, notwithstanding its state of completion.

(2) No back assessments of CIP, as the term is used in subdivision (g)(1), shall occur prior to January 1, 1994. If back assessments have occurred involving CIP, those assessments shall be voided and all taxes paid shall be refunded to those taxpayers who have an action or claim pending before an assessing authority or court on the CIP issue.

67-5-904. Schedules - Leased property.

1) For the purpose of assessing leased property, it is the further duty of the taxpayer to list fully on a schedule provided by the assessor all tangible personal property which is leased by the taxpayer for the conduct of the taxpayer's business.

Leased property shall include equipment, machinery and all tangible personal property used in the conduct of, or as a part of, the taxpayer's business including, but not limited to, the following:

(A) Equipment that is leased only, not sold; (B) Equipment that is leased at nominal rent or loaned under certain circumstances; (C) Equipment that is leased and not permitted to be sold; (D) Leased coin-operated machines and devices; (E) Equipment that is placed on location; (F) Vehicles, automobiles, trucks; (H) Electronic equipment.

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67-5-903. Schedules - Property used for business, professions, manufacturing

67-5-904. Schedules - Leased property.