Welcome back to another hard-hitting edition of Texas Tax Roundup. Let’s see what the Texas tax world weathered the scorching month that was June 2023:
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L.L.C., Inc. and Fun...more
Summary: The Texas Legislature enacted four bills that 1) expand the list of cities that can build qualified projects (i.e., hotel and convention center projects subject to certain specifications) under Texas Tax Code Chapter...more
Hiya people! Welcome back to another installment of the Texas Tax Roundup. Last month was pretty lowkey (aside from the Legislature’s regular session wrapping up, about which more later). Let’s see what happened!...more
One of the thorniest issues in Texas sales and use tax is the distinction between the rental of tangible personal property (which is subject to tax) and the provision of a service (which is only taxable if the service is...more
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34 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.591 (Margin: Apportionment)—The Comptroller adopted his amendments outlined in our previous post to implement the Texas Supreme Court’s opinion in Sirius XM...more
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The state of Texas imposes two taxes on alcoholic beverages that impact holders of certain permits under the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code. These taxes are the mixed beverage gross receipts tax and the mixed beverage sales...more
Aloha y’all. Welcome back to the Texas Tax Roundup, where we gab about all things Texas tax. It was a relatively uneventful February in the Texas tax universe—no cases or all-that-interesting rules to speak of, and most of...more
Hiya, folks and welcome back to a whole new edition (in a whole new year) of the Texas Tax Roundup! January started the year off with a blast! Let’s see what happened! Sales and Use Tax Governmental Exemption...more
December was a bit of a slow month on the Texas tax front. Hopefully everyone was out of their respective offices and enjoying the holidays/resting up for the upcoming legislative session. Still, we got an interesting opinion...more
The failure of a taxable entity to file Texas franchise tax reports or pay franchise tax when due can have serious consequences, including loss of the ability of the entity to sue or defend itself in court and liability of...more
Hey everybody! Welcome back to another for another edition of Texas Tax Roundup! Hope y’all had a happy Thanksgiving! We got some franchise tax apportionment, some sales and use tax in the oil and gas industry, and some...more
Court Cases Sales and Use Tax Manufacturing Exemption Hegar v. Tex. Westmoreland Coal Co., Case 21-1007 (Tex. Sept. 30, 2022)—In this case, the Texas Supreme Court denied the Comptroller’s petition for review, leaving the...more
Howdy folks, and welcome back to another captivating installment of Texas Tax Roundup, where we gab about all things Texas taxes. Nothing court-side this month, just a bunch at the administrative level. Still, it’s...more
Hiya folks, and welcome back to another gripping installment of the Texas Tax Roundup. So, let’s ditch the small talk and get started! ...more
Howdy y’all! Has it been a month already? We’ve got another action-packed month of Comptroller-related news. Here we go! Court Cases Courts of Appeals Hegar v. Black, Mann, and Graham, L.L.P., No. 03-20-00391-CV (Tex....more