Tax returns and planning for Columbia households

County

Maury County

Property tax (per $100 assessed, 2025)

1.91 + 0.8251 = 2.7351

Sales tax, combined

9.75%

County Trustee

Randy McNeece · Columbia

Assessor of Property

Bobby C. Daniels · Columbia

Population, 2020 → 2024

41,615 → 48,812

State and city business tax

Filed with the TN Department of Revenue

Straight-line distance

22.7 miles from Franklin

Sources: TN Comptroller, TN Department of Revenue, U.S. Census Bureau. Details

Columbia’s rate for tax year 2025 is 2.7351 per $100 of assessed value, combining Maury County’s 1.91 and the city’s 0.8251, as the Comptroller’s Tax Aggregate Report lists them. Both county offices sit on the Public Square: Trustee Randy McNeece at 1 Public Square collects the tax, and Assessor of Property Bobby C. Daniels at 6 Public Square sets values.

Columbia added 7,197 people between April 2020 and July 2024, a 17.3% increase by the Census Bureau’s count. Maury County also covers part of Spring Hill, where the same county rate meets a different city levy of 0.739. Haven’s personal tax preparation is open to Columbia households from the Franklin office.

Yes, for tax years 2025 through 2028. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed July 4, 2025, allows a deduction for tips of up to $25,000, and one for overtime of up to $12,500, or $25,000 on a joint return. Both begin to phase out above $150,000 of modified adjusted gross income, $300,000 for joint filers, according to IRS fact sheet FS-2025-03.

Both deductions expire after 2028, so the returns for those four years, and the planning around them, should claim them while they are available. The old site says, “Every return we file includes proactive tax planning,” and on a Columbia return with tip or overtime income, that planning starts with these two deductions. More on how it works is on the tax planning page.

No. Public Chapter 313 of 2013 ended county business tax in Tennessee on January 1, 2014, so Maury County no longer imposes one. A municipality has to adopt its own, and wherever a city business tax exists, it is filed with the Department of Revenue along with the state’s part.

Registration applies once gross receipts reach $100,000. A business with receipts over $3,000 and under $100,000 instead needs a minimal activity license from the county or city clerk, which costs $15. Sales tax in Columbia is 9.75%, the same as throughout Maury County. Haven handles these filings, along with the federal return, through business tax preparation.