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A sales tax reporting issue has been corrected and some $636,000 in revenue on the way to Putnam County from last year’s summer’s sales tax holiday. Cookeville City Manager James Mills said the Tennessee Department of Revenue reimbursed the lost money. The issue began with August tax receipts, the first month of the sales tax holiday on food, which came ... Read More »

State officials trying to figure out how a reporting error could have left Cookeville’s revenues short during the summer sales tax holiday. The law eliminating the sales tax on groceries required that cities and counties not lose any revenue from the legislature’s decision. Representative Ryan Williams said Cookeville showed a shortage of some $620,000. “The finance team at City of ... Read More »

Starting today there will be a one-year sales tax holiday for gun safes and gun safety devices. D.T. McCall & Sons owner-partner Cris McCall said he anticipates a spike in gun safe sales. McCall said when you’re taking 9.75 percent off the price of safes that can cost between $800 to $5,000 dollars, consumers see significant savings. “We see a ... Read More »

With Tennessee’s Sales Tax Holiday here this weekend, many local business are preparing for increased sales. Maggie Bennett owns Ruffle Me This Children’s Boutique in Cookeville. She said she did not realize the importance of supporting local business before she came to own her own. “Shopping local is huge,” Bennett said. “It’s something I didn’t even really pay attention to ... Read More »