Davidson County tax facts for Forest Hills

County

Davidson County

Property tax (per $100 assessed, 2025)

2.782 county; the report lists no city rate

Sales tax, combined

9.75% (2.25% local + 0.5% transit surcharge)

County Trustee

Erica S. Gilmore · Nashville

Assessor of Property

Vivian Wilhoite · Nashville

Population, 2020 → 2024

5,037 → 4,455

State and city business tax

Filed with the TN Department of Revenue

Straight-line distance

10.8 miles from Franklin

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

The Comptroller’s 2025 Tax Aggregate Report lists no city rate for Forest Hills. Davidson County’s rate in the same table is 2.782 per $100 of assessed value; Nashville adds a city rate of 0.032 and Belle Meade adds 0.3011 inside their own limits.

Davidson County Trustee Erica S. Gilmore collects property tax, with payments mailed to PO Box 305012, Nashville, and Assessor of Property Vivian Wilhoite’s office is at 700 President Ronald Reagan Way, Suite 210. Forest Hills went from 5,037 residents in April 2020 to an estimated 4,455 in July 2024, an 11.6% decline in the Census Bureau’s numbers. The pages for Oak Hill and Belle Meade carry the figures for the neighboring cities, and the service areas page lists the rest.

Since February 1, 2025, a 0.5% transit surcharge has applied across Davidson County, Forest Hills included, on the first $1,600 of any single item. Added to the county’s 2.25% local rate, it brings the combined rate to 9.75%, according to the Department of Revenue’s December 2024 notice.

The cap works per item. On a $1,000 purchase the surcharge applies to the whole price; on a $3,000 one it applies only to the first $1,600. The combined rate in Williamson County, next door, is also 9.75%; its figures are on the service areas page. For a Forest Hills household tracking large purchases in a given year, the receipt is the record to keep.

Residents aged 65 and older can each take a federal deduction of $6,000 for tax years 2025 through 2028, under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed July 4, 2025. It starts to phase out above $75,000 of modified adjusted gross income, or $150,000 on a joint return, according to IRS fact sheet FS-2025-03.

For a married couple who are both over 65, that is up to $12,000 a year in combined deductions. Whether a couple near the phase-out line keeps the full amount depends on the year’s income, which is why Haven looks at it during tax planning before the year ends rather than at filing time. The deduction is temporary, written for four tax years, so each of those returns is a chance to use it.