Blue moon of the December 2009 lunar eclipse. A blue moon is an additional full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year: either the third of four full moons in a season, or a second full moon in a month of the common calendar.
New Tennessee Food Tax Rate. Tennessee state officials want businesses selling food to start preparing for reduced rates of sales and use tax. Effective July 1st, those tax rates on sales of food and food ingredients will be cut to 5.25%, down from 5.5%. Local sales and use tax rates may be added. According to the Tennessee Department of Revenue, changes to cash registers and accounting systems should be completed by that date.
Tennessee does not exempt any types of purchase from the state sales tax. Groceries is subject to special sales tax rates under Tennessee law. In most states, necessities such as groceries, clothes, and drugs are exempted from the sales tax or charged at a lower sales tax rate.