Tennessee Revises Certain Property Tax Relief Documentation Requirements

The Tennessee Governor signed a law concerning property tax relief for certain low-income taxpayers. The law includes providing that a collecting official or the division of property assessments is not required to request documentation verifying the income of an elderly person seeking tax relief if: 1) the applicant is at least 80 years old; 2) the applicant has applied for and received property tax relief for the immediately preceding five consecutive years for the same place of residence or the applicant has been a co-owner for the same parcel or the immediately preceding five consecutive years in which another co-owner ...