{"id":6625,"date":"2026-09-13T13:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/6625\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:54:15","slug":"heres-when-the-food-tax-rate-will-decrease-in-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/6625\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s when the food tax rate will decrease in Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">What This Story Is About<\/p>\n<p>Davidson County\u2019s local sales tax on groceries will decrease to 1.75% beginning Nov. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Why It Matters<\/p>\n<p>The reduction is expected to save the average Nashville family about $72 a year in grocery taxes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">What Happens Next<\/p>\n<p>The new rate will apply to food and food ingredients sold in Davidson County, including Nashville and its surrounding cities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">For Context<\/p>\n<p>From affordable housing to grocery tax cut: Nashville mayor signs city\u2019s 2027 budget<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Catch Up<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s when Nashville families could save $72 a year after vote to cut grocery tax<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) &#8211; Davidson County\u2019s local grocery tax rate will decrease Nov. 1, the Tennessee Department of Revenue announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The local tax rate on food and food ingredients will drop to 1.75%. The state\u2019s 4% grocery tax will remain in place, bringing the combined tax rate on qualifying grocery items to 5.75%.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WCZWEBRKNJC6BHZCWR4ZBCEHIA.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The lower local rate applies throughout Davidson County, including Berry Hill, Belle Meade, Oak Hill, Forest Hills and the Davidson County portion of Goodlettsville.<\/p>\n<p>How the new grocery tax rate will work:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The reduction applies to food and food ingredients, such as typical grocery-store items. It does not apply to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, candy, dietary supplements or prepared food. Other taxable items and services will continue to be subject to Davidson County\u2019s 2.25% local sales tax rate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Metro Council previously approved the half-cent grocery tax reduction, which was estimated to save the average Nashville family about $72 annually.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WSMV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What This Story Is About Davidson County\u2019s local sales tax on groceries will decrease to 1.75% beginning Nov. 1. Why It Matters The reduction is expected to save the average Nashville family about $72 a year in grocery taxes. What Happens Next The new rate will apply to food and food ingredients sold in Davidson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3378,8072,2973,5560,1530,3407,192,8073,3373,3371,3369,3372,3370,7830],"class_list":["post-6625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennessee","tag-davidson-county","tag-food-tax-rate","tag-grocery-shopping","tag-grocery-tax","tag-local","tag-nashville","tag-news","tag-saving-money","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-dining","tag-tennessee-food","tag-tennessee-grocery-stores","tag-tennessee-restaurants","tag-wsmv"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dc\/117264073752201780","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}