Tennessee: 3rd-Party Setup

Follow these simple steps to allow Taxually to file tax returns for your company:

Finding the Required Onboarding Information

• Log in to TN TAP

• Locate your Sales and Use Tax account on the Summary tab

  • Country & Zip Code: Provide the exact country and zip code associated with the registered address listed on your Sales and Use Tax tile. 

  • Account ID: Please enter the 10-digit Account ID ending with "SLC" (format: 1234567890-SLC) listed on your Sales and Use Tax account tile. 

• Filing Frequency:

  • Click View/File Returns within the Sales and Use Tax account tile

  • Review the return periods listed to determine your current filing frequency

  • However, If only one return is listed, then please reference the registration confirmation documents you received from Tennessee Department of Revenue. 

    • Click back to return to the home page

    • Click the More.. menu tab

    • Click View Letters

    • Click the Search tab and enter a Sent From date before your registration (example: year 1980) and click Search

    • Scroll all the way down and locate the Certificate of Registration letter and open it

    • Locate the “Filing Status” and enter the assigned filing status as the filing frequency in Taxually

• Locating one of the two validations 

  • You should choose one of the following options based on whether you have a payment history or not. 

  • Option 1: Latest Payment Amount - If there is a Payment History

    • From the home page, click More… menu tab

    • Click Search Submissions

    • Find the most recent “Payment Confirmation” for your Sales and Use Tax account and open it

    • Copy the Payment Amount exactly as it is reflected in TN TAP

  • Option 2: Letter ID - If No Payment History (Skip this if you have a payment history): 

    • If you haven't made any Sales and Use Tax payments yet, then you must provide a Letter ID

      • From the home page, click the More.. menu tab

      • Click View Letters

      • Open the most recent letter, for your Sales and Use Tax account, in the Inbox

        • If there aren’t any letters in the inbox, then click the Search tab and enter a Sent From date that goes back further (for example, until your registration date) and click Search

        • Open the most recent letter, for your Sales and Use Tax account, from the top of the list of letters

      • Locate the Letter ID in the header (formatted L1234567890) 

• Effective Registration Date (Required for First Return Filings Only):

  • From the home page, click the More.. menu tab

  • Click View Letters

  • Click the Search tab and enter a Sent From date before your registration (example: year 1980) and click Search

  • Scroll all the way down and locate the Certificate of Registration letter and open it

  • Locate the “Effective Date” and enter the official date as the Effective Registration Date in Taxually, formatted as MM/DD/YYYY

  • Then navigate back to the TAP home page

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