In the title compound, [Sn(CH3)(3)(C16H13O3)], the Sn atom has fivefold coordination involving three methyl C atoms defining the equatorial plane of a trigonal bipyramid and two O atoms from two carboxylate groups occupying the axial positions. The Sn-C bond lengths [2.106(6), 2.110(5) and 2.116(5)Angstrom] are very similar. The two carboxylate O atoms have notably different distances to the metal atom [2.184(3) and 2.433 (4) Angstrom], with an O-Sn-O angle of 174.0(1)degrees. Bidentate bridging of the carboxylate ligands via trimethyltin groups forms a polymeric structure.