Technical Bulletins: Rental Inventory Expert from Ad Valorem Personal Property Tax Where Rentor is Subject to Business Tax

The Middle Section of the Tennessee Court of Appeals has held that rental inventory of a taxpayer who is subject to the business tax, as authorized in Tennessee Code Annotated § 67-5801, et seq., is exempt from the payment of personal property ad valorem taxes on that inventory . In Art Pancake's United Rent-All v . Glenn Ferguson, 601 S.W . 2d 926 (October 1979), the court relied primarily on statutory construction to reach its conclusion that the business tax is in lieu of ad valorem taxes on rental inventories .

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