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  81R19532 JE-D
 
  By: Oliveira, Paxton, Hopson, Callegari, H.B. No. 4765
      Creighton
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  TEMPORARY EXEMPTION INCREASE.  Section
  171.002(d), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (d)  A taxable entity is not required to pay any tax and is
  not considered to owe any tax for a period if:
               (1)  the amount of tax computed for the taxable entity
  is less than $1,000; or
               (2)  the amount of the taxable entity's total revenue
  from its entire business is less than or equal to $1 million
  [$300,000] or the amount determined under Section 171.006 per
  12-month period on which margin is based.
         SECTION 2.  SUNSET OF TEMPORARY INCREASE.  Effective January
  1, 2012, Section 171.002(d), Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (d)  A taxable entity is not required to pay any tax and is
  not considered to owe any tax for a period if:
               (1)  the amount of tax computed for the taxable entity
  is less than $1,000; or
               (2)  the amount of the taxable entity's total revenue
  from its entire business is less than or equal to $300,000 or the
  amount determined under Section 171.006 per 12-month period on
  which margin is based.
         SECTION 3.  TRANSITION.  (a)  Section 171.002(d), Tax Code,
  as amended by Section 1 of this Act, applies only to a report
  originally due on or after the effective date of this Act.
         (b)  Section 171.002(d), Tax Code, as amended by Section 2 of
  this Act, applies only to a report originally due on or after
  January 1, 2012.
         SECTION 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect January 1,
  2010.