tennessee department of revenue

First, it was out of state cigarettes, now this:

With diesel prices still topping $4 a gallon, some drivers are turning to untaxed diesel in their cars and trucks.

State's weak economy endangers holiday
By HARRIET VAUGHAN • Staff Writer • August 2, 2008

Shopper Michelle Crouthamel has a one-track mind: load the kids and shopping bags in the car and hit the next store to finish out her tax-free weekend shopping before the big crowds come out.

Big mean ol’ Unka Bredesen is taking money from widows and orphans! Or so the TNGOP would have me believe.

That's the question being asked today by the Tennessee Republican Party, whose Communications Director sent a link to the party's blog. The post questioned actions by the Department of Revenue against a Johnson City church.

The Tennessee Department of Revenue, having stopped harassing smokers who go across the state line to save a few dollars, is now focused on the worst of the worst tax scofflaws in the state:

Angelia reports that the Tennessee Department of Revenue is going after church yard sales:

“We’ve helped people on their power bills,” Barnett said. “We’ve helped people that have lost somebody in their family.”

Stacey Campfield, my choice for Speaker of the House, links to a News Channel 5 expose on the overzealous Tennessee Department of Revenue.

No kidding. With Regan Farr and the Tennessee department of revenue it appears it is not about service.

NewsChannel5 has a report on those hard-working folks at the Tennessee Department of Revenue and the seminars they attend - at your expense - to hone their tax-collecting skills. Judging from his attempts to defend the events, Revenue Commissioner Reagan Farr has a future in stand-up comedy.

State government watchdog, Drew Johnson, doesn’t think a recent “team building” trip by employees of the Tennessee Department of Revenue was money well spent: