Why I Love Our Sevier County Sales Tax! If you've purchased anything in the Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, or Sevierville areas you know that we have a fairly abusive sales tax. Even essentials are taxed at the same high rate. Whether you eat out or purchase your food in a grocery store, whether you buy clothes or medicine, every purchase has a 9.25% sales tax added to the amount. Services generally aren't taxed but that is about the only purchase you can make that isn't taxed at all. The only exceptions for items you purchase are for major transactions like automobiles and real estate which have their own significant transfer taxes attached. I occasionally hear visitors to our area complain about the sales tax they have been forced to pay in addition to the price of the items they have purchased. Why, you ask, do I say that I love our sales tax? The reason is very simple. While visitors to the area won't help pay my very low real estate taxes (still some of the lowest in...
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Why I Love Our Sevier County Sales Tax! If you've purchased anything in the Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, or Sevierville areas you know that we have a fairly abusive sales tax. Even essentials are taxed at the same high rate. Whether you eat out or purchase your food in a grocery store, whether you buy clothes or medicine, every purchase has a 9.25% sales tax added to the amount. Services generally aren't taxed but that is about the only purchase you can make that isn't taxed at all. The only exceptions for items you purchase are for major transactions like automobiles and real estate which have their own significant transfer taxes attached. I occasionally hear visitors to our area complain about the sales tax they have been forced to pay in addition to the price of the items they have purchased. Why, you ask, do I say that I love our sales tax? The reason is very simple. While visitors to the area won't help pay my very low real estate taxes (still some of the lowest in...