POS built for Tennessee convenience, grocery and liquor stores

The state rate is 7%. Local sales tax is an option rather than a state mandate, set by counties and some incorporated cities and capped by state law at 2.75%, but the Department of Revenue says every Tennessee jurisdiction currently levies one, so combined rates run roughly 8.50% to 9.75% and typically 9.25% to 9.75%. There is also a single article rule: local tax applies only to the first $1,600 of the price of a single article, a separate state single article tax of 2.75% covers the portion from $1,600.01 to $3,200, and nothing above $3,200 carries either. Storeveu holds the state rate at state level and each store's local rate as an override, so a site rings its own combined figure instead of one blended percentage that would overcharge on a high-ticket single item.

Food and food ingredients are taxed at a reduced state rate of 4%, but the local rate is not reduced, so groceries land between roughly 5.5% and a hard ceiling of 6.75% combined. Candy, prepared food, dietary supplements, tobacco and alcoholic beverages are excluded from the reduced rate and go back to 7% plus local, and there is no separate meals tax on top. Repeal was debated in the 2026 session, but none of the bills were funded in the budget passed in April 2026, so the 4% state rate is still in force. Storeveu uses per-department tax rules so the 4% items and the 7% items ring correctly on one receipt, and the SNAP flag sits alongside the tax class so the two are reviewed together.

The Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation pays retailers 6.5%. TCA 4-51-115(c)(1) describes that as compensation for the sale and cashing of tickets, TEL publishes no separate cashing percentage, so confirm the split against your TEL retailer agreement before you rely on it. Storeveu tracks lottery books through inventory, active, depleted and settled, and the end-of-shift ticket scan works out tickets sold so the shift count reconciles against the TEL statement instead of being reconstructed by hand.

Beer up to 8% alcohol by weight, about 10.1% ABV, is permitted by the city or county beer board under TCA 57-5-103 rather than by the state, which is why beer hours vary from county to county. Wine needs a Retail Food Store Wine License from the TABC, and the store has to pass two tests, at least 20% of taxable sales from retail sale of food and food ingredients and at least 1,200 square feet of retail floor space, so supermarkets qualify where most small stores do not. Spirits for off-premise consumption go only through a licensed Retail Package Store, so a convenience store cannot ring them at all. Storeveu restricts the register to the categories your licence actually covers and prompts for date of birth on every age restricted sale.