- Tennessee Court of Appeals upholds assessment from Department of Revenue
- Charges for horse-drawn carriage rides subject to sales and use tax as admission to a place of amusement
- Customers charged based on time, not length of travel
- If time runs out before reaching requested drop-off location, customer is asked to disembark at current location
- Tennessee’s amusement tax extends to sales of tickets or fees for admission to places of amusement
- Court determines that horse-drawn carriage rides are considered a place of amusement
- Court refers to state regulation that includes various recreational activities not necessarily operating from a fixed place
- Court defers to Department’s interpretation that tours conducted for amusement are subject to sales tax
- Taxpayer argues that carriage rides are primarily transportation, not amusement
Source: aprio.com
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