§ 57-3-302 — Tax upon distribution or sale - Exemptions

(a) There is levied upon the sale or distribution by sale or gift a tax of one dollar and twenty-one cents ($1.21) on each gallon of wine, and a like or proportional rate per gallon on wine sold or distributed in any other container of more or less than one gallon (1 gal.); provided, however, that this chapter shall not apply to the sale, gift or distribution of any wine manufactured, sold, given away or distributed and used solely for sacramental purposes. (b) There is levied upon the sale or distribution by sale or gift a tax of four dollars and forty cents ($4.40) on each gallon of spirits, and a like or proportional rate per gallon on spirits sold or distributed in any container of more or less than one gallon (1 gal.).

Legislative History

Acts 1939, ch. 49, § 13; 1943, ch. 5, § 1; 1947, ch. 61, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 6648.19 (Williams, § 6648.16); Acts 1963, ch. 37, § 1; 1967, ch. 331, § 2; 1977, ch. 126, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 57-131; Acts 1985, ch. 386, § 2; 2002, ch. 856, §§ 1a, 1c.