- Submit an application and all required attachments between July 1st and January 31st each year.
- If a filing deadline falls on a non-business day, applications will be accepted on the next business day.
- The postmark date will be used to determine the filing date.
- Mail or deliver the application to the Division located at 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 6th Floor, Williams R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower, Nashville, Tennessee 37243. Business hours are 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday.
- An initial application fee of ten dollars ($10.00) must be submitted with the application. Within ninety (90) days of the event, the organization must file a financial accounting pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. Section 3-17-106(a)(1) along with the remaining application fee due according to the organization's gross revenue for the annual event based on the following scale:
| Event Gross | Filing Fee |
| $0 - $5,000 | $10 |
| $5,001 - $10,000 | $10 |
| $10,001 - $20,000 | $10 |
| Over 20,001 | $10 |