Tax preparation and planning for Murfreesboro

County

Rutherford County

Property tax (per $100 assessed, 2025)

1.8762 + 0.9526 = 2.8288

Sales tax, combined

9.75%

County Trustee

Teb Batey · Murfreesboro

Assessor of Property

Rob Mitchell · Murfreesboro

Population, 2020 → 2024

152,835 → 168,387

State and city business tax

Filed with the TN Department of Revenue

Straight-line distance

24.5 miles from Franklin

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

The 2025 rate inside Murfreesboro is 2.8288 per $100 of assessed value. Rutherford County’s share is 1.8762 and the city’s is 0.9526, the largest city share among the county’s four incorporated places on this site; Eagleville’s, by comparison, is 0.4051. The figures come from the Comptroller of the Treasury’s 2025 Tax Aggregate Report.

Both county offices are local. The Assessor of Property, Rob Mitchell, is at 319 N Maple St, Suite 200, Murfreesboro 37130. The Trustee, Teb Batey, takes mail at PO Box 1316, Murfreesboro 37133. Property tax receipts belong with the rest of what we go over during tax planning.

Haven represents its existing clients before the IRS, and the old site is explicit that the service is “exclusively for our clients.” Representation runs through IRS Form 2848, a power of attorney that lets someone eligible to practice before the IRS, such as a CPA, act on your behalf. Mike Swartz, one of Haven’s two co-founders, is a CPA.

Form 8821 is narrower. It lets a person inspect or receive your tax information without representing you. Murfreesboro clients who already file with us can read more on the IRS representation page. For questions about your own account, the IRS also runs a Taxpayer Assistance Center at 801 Broadway in Nashville.

Haven keeps the books monthly for business owners and walks through the numbers with them during the year, so the business return starts from records already in order. Monthly books also make the January deadlines easier to meet.

Two federal rules shape that January work. Forms 1099-NEC are due January 31, and for payments made after 2025 the reporting threshold is $2,000. A Murfreesboro company needs those payment totals ready as soon as the year closes, which is simpler when the books have been kept monthly. Murfreesboro is 24.5 miles from the center of Franklin; Smyrna and Walterhill have pages too. Details are on the bookkeeping page.