Tennessee Department of Revenue Commissioner Loren L. Chumley today announced the department's new e-mail list service, which will provide taxpayers and tax practitioners with the latest news from Revenue.

Interested people may subscribe to Revenue-News by logging onto www.Tennessee.gov and linking to the Department of Revenue's home page.

"We are excited about sharing useful information via e-mail with two of our most important customers - taxpayers and tax practitioners," said Chumley.

The Department of Revenue will distribute new important notices, announcements and other items of interests to subscribers via this online tool.

The Department of Revenue collects approximately 92 percent of total state tax revenue. During the 2001-2002 fiscal year, the department collected $7.4 billion in state taxes and fees. In addition to collecting state taxes, more than $1.4 billion dollars of local sales tax was collected by the department for local governments during the 2001-2002 fiscal year.

In addition to 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.