Tennessee: Sales Tax Handbook
2024 List of Tennessee Local Sales Tax Rates
Lowest sales tax (8.5%) Highest sales tax (9.75%)
Tennessee has state sales tax of 7%, and allows local governments to collect a local option sales tax of up to 2.75%. There are a total of 310 local tax jurisdictions across the state, collecting an average local tax of 2.617%. Click here for a larger sales tax map, or here for a sales tax table.
Combined with the state sales tax, the highest sales tax rate in Tennessee is 9.75% in the cities of Memphis, Murfreesboro, Kingsport, Cleveland and Johnson City (and 445 other cities).
Last updated November 2024Tennessee County-Level Sales Taxes
In the map of Tennessee above, the 95 counties in Tennessee are colorized based on the maximum sales tax rate that occurs within that county. Counties marked with a in the list below have a county-level sales tax. You can also download a Tennessee sales tax rate database.
Tennessee City and Locality Sales Taxes
Cities or towns marked with an have a local city-level sales tax, potentially in addition to additional local government sales taxes. Click on any city name for the applicable local sales tax rates.
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