Tax Free Food Tennessee 2024. Sales tax holidays, designated periods when select goods or services are exempted from state (and sometimes local) sales taxes, continue to be politically popular among the. The sales tax rate on food sits at 4% and local jurisdictions can add up to 2.75% in local sales taxes.
During the period beginning at 12:01 am on tuesday, august 1, 2023 and ending tuesday, october 31, 2023 at 11:59 pm, food and food ingredients are exempt from sales tax. Tennessee’s traditional sales tax holiday on clothing, school supplies and computers begins at 12:01 a.m.