TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Mar 4, 2024

A sales tax increase across Shelby County could pay for a new jail. The Daily Memphian reports that the news outlet obtained a draft bill in which the state would give the county permission to increase the total sales tax rate to 10.75%. The tax increase, raising the local sales tax rate to 3.75% across Shelby County, would have to be approved through a referendum. The draft bill is an amendment to a caption bill being carried by Rep. John Gillespie, R-Memphis, and Sen. Paul Rose, a Republican who represents Tipton, Lauderdale and Shelby counties.