Tax Collections
Federal
In 2015, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collected $62.7 B in total federal taxes from Tennesseans.* Total federal taxes collected by county is not currently available. The most current data on federal income taxes collected by county is from 2014, and TACIR has summarized 2014 federal income tax collections by county in total dollars and per capita dollars. County data is not available for other federal taxes, including corporate income, excise, estate and trust income, estate, and gift taxes. View the summaries by clicking the links below.
State
The Tennessee Department of Revenue (TDoR) provides state tax collection by fiscal year for State Sales Tax, Sales and Use, Franchise & Excise, Business, Gasoline, Motor Fuel, Petroleum Special, Motor Vehicle Registration, Motor Vehicle Title, Income, Inheritance, Gift & Estate, Tobacco, Alcoholic Beverage, Beer, Mixed Drink, Privilege, Gas & Oil Severance, TVA, and Miscellaneous Taxes. TACIR has summarized 2011 - 2015 sales tax collections by county in total dollars and per capita dollars. View the summaries by clicking the links below.
Local
The Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury collects information on county taxes. TACIR has summarized this data by county in total dollars and per capita dollars. The data provided includes county taxes, but it does not include other sources of local revenue such as fees, etc. The data does not include municipal taxes, except for the counties with metropolitan governments (Nashville-Davidson, Lynchburg-Moore, and Hartsville-Trousdale). View the summaries by clicking the links below. For taxes collected by cities in Tennessee, click on “Cities” on the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Division of Local Government Audit’s webpage.