Tennessee § 67-1-1708 - Manner of disclosure — Legal effect.

§ 67-1-1708. Manner of disclosure — Legal effect.

Requests for the inspection or disclosure of a return or tax information and such inspection or disclosure shall be made in such manner and at such time and place as shall be prescribed by the commissioner. A reproduction or certified reproduction of a return shall, upon written request, be furnished to any person to whom disclosure or inspection of such return is authorized by law. A reasonable fee may be prescribed by the commissioner for furnishing such reproduction or certified reproduction. Tax information disclosed to any person under the provisions of law may be provided in the form of written documents, reproductions of such documents, films or photo impressions, or electronically produced tapes, discs or records, or by any other mode or means which the commissioner determines is necessary or appropriate. A reasonable fee may be prescribed by the commissioner for furnishing such tax information. Any reproduction of any return, document or other material made in accordance with this section shall have the same legal status as the original, and any such reproduction shall, if properly authenticated, be admissible in evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding as if it were the original, whether or not the original is in existence. Acts 1977, ch. 152, § 1; T.C.A., § 67-138.