DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE'S MOTOR CARRIER SECTION MOVES TO NEW PREMISES

NEW LOCATION IN PLUS PARK

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Revenue's Motor Carrier section of Taxpayer and Vehicle Services has moved from its former Foster Avenue location to 301 Plus Park Boulevard in Nashville. Operations at the new location officially began on Tuesday, May 29, 2007. The title and registration division from the Department of Safety was moved to the Department of Revenue in accordance with Governor Phil Bredesen's Executive Order No. 36, effective July 1, 2006.

The transfer of the Division of Title and Registration from the Department of Safety to the Department of Revenue was done in the interest of efficiency and better coordination of functions within state government. The division was combined with Revenue's already existing Division of Taxpayer Services, and was renamed the Division of Taxpayer and Vehicle Services. As evidence of the effectiveness of the transfer, Vehicle Services celebrated bringing a backlog of 60,000 titles to zero in February 2007.

The Motor Carrier Section provides base-state vehicle registration and titling, quarterly fuel tax reporting and proof of insurance requirements for commercial vehicles.

For driving directions and other information about the Motor Carrier Section, please visit the Department of Revenue's Web site at www.Tennessee.gov/revenue. Directions to the new building are also on the front door of the old Foster Avenue building.

The Department of Revenue is responsible for the administration of state tax laws and motor vehicle title and registration laws established by the legislature and the collection of taxes and fees associated with those laws. The Department of Revenue collects approximately 92 percent of total state tax revenue. During the 2005-2006 fiscal year, the department collected $10.3 billion in state taxes and fees. In addition to collecting state taxes, $1.8 billion of local sales tax was collected by the department for local governments during the 2005-2006 fiscal year. Besides collecting taxes, the department enforces the revenue laws fairly and impartially in an effort to encourage voluntary taxpayer compliance. The department also apportions revenue collections for distribution to the various state funds and local units of government. To learn more about the department, log on to www.Tennessee.gov/revenue.

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