Planning-first tax returns for Nashville

County

Davidson County

Property tax (per $100 assessed, 2025)

2.782 + 0.032 = 2.814

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

689,451 → 704,963

State and city business tax

Filed with the TN Department of Revenue

Straight-line distance

18.2 miles from Franklin

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

The rate is Davidson County’s 2.782 per $100 of assessed value plus a Nashville city rate of 0.032, for 2.814 in tax year 2025, according to the Comptroller’s Tax Aggregate Report. Nearly all of it is the county portion.

Bills are collected by Davidson County Trustee Erica S. Gilmore; the office’s mailing address is PO Box 305012, Nashville, and its number is (615) 862-6330. Assessor of Property Vivian Wilhoite sets values from 700 President Ronald Reagan Way, Suite 210.

The smaller cities inside the county differ. Belle Meade adds its own 0.3011, while the report lists no city rate for Forest Hills, Oak Hill or Berry Hill. A home bought or sold in the county shows up on that year’s return, and Haven’s personal tax preparation starts from those documents.

Davidson County’s local rate on food is 1.75% from November 1, 2026, according to Tennessee Department of Revenue notice 26-19, and the state rate on food is 4%. General merchandise carries a 9.75% combined rate, which includes the 0.5% transit surcharge on the first $1,600 of a single item that took effect February 1, 2025.

For a Nashville business that sells food, November 1 is a date to mark in the books, since sales before and after it carry different local rates. Haven’s bookkeeping keeps records by month, and this change falls exactly on a month boundary, so October and November close cleanly at their own rates. The city’s population, by the Census Bureau’s count, grew by 15,512 between the 2020 base and July 2024.

The IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center is at 801 Broadway, Nashville, and the Tennessee Department of Revenue’s office is in the Andrew Jackson State Office Building at 500 Deaderick Street. Those are the two addresses for in-person business with either agency.

Haven’s office is in Franklin, at 256 Seaboard Lane, Suite G-102, in the Cool Springs office district. Nashville clients come there for meetings and use the secure client portal for documents. For an existing client who receives an IRS notice, Mike Swartz, CPA, can respond under a signed Form 2848, so the matter can be handled from the Franklin office through Haven’s IRS representation. That service is offered to Haven’s own clients only.