2023 Tennessee Code › Title 67 - TAXES AND LICENSES (§§ 67-1-101 — 67-10-107) › Chapter 3 - PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND ALTERNATIVE FUELS TAX LAW (§§ 67-3-101 — 67-3-1407) › Part 4 - EXEMPTIONS AND REFUNDS (§§ 67-3-401 — 67-3-422) › Section 67-3-410 - Refinery exemptions

(a)
None of the laws relating to the inspection of petroleum products as set forth in §§
60-3-103
- 60-3-114, or the taxes and fees imposed by this chapter upon petroleum products, shall be applicable or collectible in the following cases:
(1)
Upon any of the products while being transported from, inside or outside the state to a petroleum refinery inside the state, for the purpose of there being refined, further refined or processed;
(2)
Upon any of the products while being refined, further refined, processed or stored at a petroleum refinery inside this state. Refinery exemptions are applicable to all petroleum activities, exchanges and transactions that are customarily performed by or engaged in by a refinery, but specifically excluded are exemptions applicable to the storage of petroleum or petroleum products for others, whether by lease or otherwise;
(3)
Upon any of the products while being transported from a refinery inside this state to another petroleum refinery inside this state; and
(4)
Upon any of the products while being transported from a petroleum refinery inside this state to a place outside this state, excluding commercial marine vessels, even though delivery is made in midstream of waterways constituting geographical boundaries of this state. For any product transported from refinery storage via marine vessel as an export, but in fact coming to rest at a nonexempt destination in this state, for which the taxes and fees are not reported and paid by a bonded importer, the refinery shall bear responsibility to this state for the payment of taxes, fees, and applicable interest and penalty.
(b)
All refinery exemptions granted to petroleum refineries shall apply to refiners or manufacturers of fuel alcohol who have a refinery or a manufacturing facility in Tennessee.
(c)
Where gasoline is exchanged or sold within the bulk transfer/terminal system between refiners who hold a bonded importer's license, the first transferee, after the gasoline is imported into this state, shall be primarily liable for the taxes and fees that have accrued pursuant to §§
67-3-201
,
67-3-203
and
67-3-204
. With respect to a refinery, gasoline may be exchanged or sold tax free by a refinery within refinery-held storage; however, the transferee shall be liable for taxes and fees on gasoline that crosses the terminal rack; provided, that the refinery is responsible for the taxes and fees on gasoline that crosses the terminal rack that is not otherwise exchanged or sold within the refinery.
(d)
For the purposes of the exemptions provided by this section, an entity, other than a retailer, affiliated with an entity which owns a refinery located in this state, shall be treated as the refinery and shall not be considered as the transferee. As used in this subsection (d), entities are affiliated with one another, if either, directly or indirectly wholly owns the other, or if the entities are directly or indirectly, wholly owned by a common parent.
Acts 1997, ch. 316, § 1; 1999, ch. 419, § 1; T.C.A., § 67-3-1510.