ANSWERS:

1) 8.25 percent (Most food products were exempt from the recent sales tax increase.)

2) 9.25 percent (Most candy products were exempt from the food exemption.)

3) 8.25 percent (The Reese's Stick Bar has flour and is therefore considered food instead of candy.)

4) 9.25 percent (In Tennessee, cough drops are considered candy.)

5) 8.25 percent

6) 0 (Virtually everything a farmer needs to farm in Tennessee is exempt from sales taxes.)

7) 0

8) 9.25 percent

9) 0 (A central air conditioning unit is considered a part of fixed real estate, and repairs to fixed real estate are exempt.)

10) 9.25 percent

11) 1.5 percent

12) 0

13) one cent

14) $3.11 (The first $15 of cable bills are exempt. The next $12.50 is taxed at 8.25 percent. The remainder of the bill is taxed at 9.25 percent.)

15) $780 (The tax is 9.25 percent for the first $1,600, 9.75 percent for the next $1,600, and 7 percent for the remainder.)