Section 67-4-502 - Authorization to levy privilege tax

Each county and incorporated city is authorized and empowered to levy a privilege tax upon merchants and other vocations, occupations or businesses declared in this part to be privileges, to be levied in the same manner and not to exceed in amount the tax levied by the state, except as otherwise stated in the code.Acts 1937, ch. 108, art. 1, § 1; 1937, ch. 108, art. 2, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 1248.1, 1248.2 (Williams, §§ 1248.8, 1248.11); Acts 1978, ch. 835, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 67-4201, 67-4202, 67-4-501.