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.
How 2016 Sales taxes are calculated in Tennessee. The state general sales tax rate of Tennessee is 7%. Cities and/or municipalities of Tennessee are allowed to collect their own rate that can get up to 0.5% in city sales tax. Every 2016 combined rates mentioned above are the results of Tennessee state rate (7%), the county rate (1.5% to 2.75%), the Tennessee cities rate (0% to 0.5%). There is no special rate for Tennessee. The Tennessee's tax rate may change depending of the type of purchase.