Madison County property tax

Jackson is the largest city in Madison County. A Jackson home pays the county tax and the city tax.

The county starts with your appraised value. That is what the Assessor says your property is worth. A home is taxed on 25% of it. That part is the assessed value. The tax rate is a charge on each $100 of assessed value.

Appraised value × 25% = assessed value
Assessed value ÷ 100 × tax rate = tax for the year

A property inside a city pays the county tax and the city tax. The table shows the two rates together. A property outside a city pays the county rate, $1.8736.

The Jackson rate is $3.485. At that rate a home pays $871.25 a year for each $100,000 of appraised value. $100,000 × 25% is $25,000 of assessed value. $25,000 ÷ 100 × $3.485 is $871.25.

These are the 2025 certified rates, the latest the state has published. A commercial property is taxed on 40% of its appraised value, at the same rates.

Figure the tax on your own value, or see the rate in every Tennessee county.

When the bill comes and when it is due

The county tax can be paid from the first Monday of October. Pay in full by the last day of February to avoid interest. The Assessor sets your value. The Trustee sends the bill and takes the payment.

A property inside Jackson also pays a city tax. The City Revenue Office bills it, and its phone number is (731) 425-8212.

Office

Madison County Trustee

Trustee

Billy Burkhead

Address

Madison County Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Room 107
Jackson, TN 38301

Phone

(731) 423-6027

Hours

Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

You can ask the Assessor to look at your value again. This is the informal review. It costs nothing.

When to file

The Assessor mails a notice, usually in May, to each owner whose value changed. Ask the Assessor before the county Board meets in June. The Board takes appointments in the last two weeks of May.

How the review works in Madison County

Call the Assessor’s office at (731) 423-6063. The first step is to check that the details on your property record are right. The Assessor asks for sales of similar properties in the immediate area, dated in the year or two before the tax year.

A review can lower your value, leave it the same or raise it.

What to send

Send facts about the value. The Assessor sets the value and does not set the tax rate, so a complaint about the bill does not help.

• Recent sales of similar homes near yours, for less than your appraised value.
• Errors in your record, such as the wrong square footage or a basement marked as finished.
• Photos and repair estimates for problems that lower the value.
• Your closing statement, if you bought the home for less than its appraised value.

More evidence helps. A price estimate from a website is not a sale, and an assessor does not count it. See how to find comparable sales and the Tennessee appeal guide.

If the Assessor keeps your value

The next step is the Madison County Board of Equalization. The Board holds hearings on weekdays in the first two weeks of June, and takes appointments in the last two weeks of May. Call (731) 423-6063. The Board hears the current year only. After the county Board, you can appeal to the State Board of Equalization. See the appeal dates for every Tennessee county.

TN.tax in Madison County

TN.tax does not file informal reviews in Madison County yet. We file in Davidson, Hamilton and Williamson counties. Enter your address at the top of this page, and our team will review your property. We email you within 1 business day and tell you if you have a good case. The review is free. Start your free review.

Madison County set new values for every property in 2022. The next reappraisal is in 2027, on the state Comptroller’s schedule.

Madison County sets new values for every property in 2027. The Assessor mails a notice of the new value to each owner whose value changes. Across Tennessee, those notices go out by May 20.

The county is on a 5-year cycle. You can ask for a review in any year. You do not have to wait for the next reappraisal.

Your value generally stays the same between reappraisals unless the property changes or a review changes it.

A reappraisal does not raise the county’s total tax by itself. State law makes the county set a rate that brings in the same total as before. The county commission then votes on the rate for the year.