Investor · Bend, OR · Member since 2016 · 42 posts · 7 votes
Hello Fellow BP'ers,
As a fairly new Tennessee LLC, we received a "final notice" from Tennessee Department of Revenue requesting $646 for Franchise and Excise taxes and late fees.
When I called the Dept of Revenue, I was told the amount was an estimate based upon the lack of filing, so I should register online, and file the form, then they would tell me what I really owed.
The form is 8 pages, and is so complex that it should require a CPA to decifer it. However, I did an internet search and found that there is an exemption for FAMILY OWNED, NON CORPORATE Entities (otherwise known as FONCE), that we could apply for. The form to request exemption is four pages long!
We are still waiting to find out if the exemption makes it unnecessary to file the 8 page form.
Does anyone have any experience with this? I considered myself an informed investor, then something like this comes along and makes my head swim.
Speak with a CPA, you will more than likely have to pay this. This tax can be done online once you create an account with the state. They changed the system last year so it is much easier to file and pay now.
The form is long but a lot of the form is just asking basic information of the entity(name, FEIN, Address), what type of entity it is and income/loss details.
Were you ever able to get the FONCE exemption ? I'm in the process of closing on a STR property in Gatlinburg and wanted to know if anyone had success with the FONCE exemption.