Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-4-2202: Tax imposed - Supervision and collection - Rules and regulations

(a) The state tax imposed by this part shall be the exclusive tax levied on bona fide coin-operated amusement machines. No local government may impose any additional tax, fee, or assessment of any kind on such machines. Nothing contained in this part shall affect any person's liability for state or local sales or use tax that is imposed pursuant to chapter 6 of this title for the privilege of selling or using such devices. The receipts from bona fide coin-operated amusement machines shall not be the basis of tax under chapter 6 of this title.

(b) The supervision and collection of the taxes imposed by this part are under the direction of the department of revenue. The commissioner of revenue is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

(c) The taxes imposed by this part shall be administered and collected on an annual basis for the privilege of owning bona fide coin-operated amusement machines used commercially for public play for tax years beginning on July 1 and ending on the following June 30.