Van Buren County property 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

The county rate is $2.40. At that rate a home pays $600.00 a year for each $100,000 of appraised value. $100,000 × 25% is $25,000 of assessed value. $25,000 ÷ 100 × $2.40 is $600.00.

These are the 2025 certified rates, the latest the state has published. Van Buren County reappraised in 2026, and a reappraisal changes the rate. Ask the Trustee for the 2026 rate. 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.

Interest starts on March 1.

Office

Van Buren County Trustee

Trustee

Beth M Simmons

Address

P O Box 176
Spencer, TN 38585

Phone

(931) 946-2263

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

When to file

The Assessor has not published dates for informal reviews. Call the office before the county Board meets in June.

How the review works in Van Buren County

Call the Assessor’s office at (931) 946-2451 to ask how to request a review.

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 Van Buren County Board of Equalization. The Board meets from June 1, 2027. Book a hearing through the Assessor’s office at (931) 946-2451. After the county Board, you can appeal to the State Board of Equalization. See the appeal dates for every Tennessee county.

TN.tax can file it for you

TN.tax files informal reviews with the Van Buren County Assessor. We find the sales, write the report and file the request. Our fee is 40% of the first year’s tax saving on a house or condo, and 30% on a commercial property. If your value does not come down, you pay nothing.

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.

We do not file with the Board of Equalization. If a Board appeal makes sense for your property, we tell you, and you decide. Start your free review.

Van Buren County set new values for every property in 2026. The next reappraisal is in 2031, on the state Comptroller’s schedule.

The county is on a 5-year cycle.

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.