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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the $1 million total revenue exemption for the |
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franchise tax; decreasing the rates of the franchise tax. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 171.002(a) and (b), Tax Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Subject to Sections 171.003 and 171.1016 and except as |
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provided by Subsection (b), the rate of the franchise tax is 0.75 |
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[one] percent of taxable margin. |
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(b) Subject to Sections 171.003 and 171.1016, the rate of |
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the franchise tax is 0.25 [0.5] percent of taxable margin for those |
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taxable entities primarily engaged in retail or wholesale trade. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1(c), Chapter 286 (H.B. 4765), Acts of |
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the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, as amended by Section |
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37.01, Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called |
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Session, 2011, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. Section 2, Chapter 286 (H.B. 4765), Acts of the |
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81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, as amended by Section |
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37.02, Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called |
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Session, 2011, and which amended former Subsection (d), Section |
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171.002, Tax Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. Section 3, Chapter 286 (H.B. 4765), Acts of the |
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81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, as amended by Section |
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37.03, Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called |
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Session, 2011, and which amended former Subsection (a), Section |
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171.0021, Tax Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 5. Section 171.006(b), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) Beginning in 2010, on January 1 of each even-numbered |
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year, the amounts prescribed by Sections 171.002(d)(2)[,
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171.0021,] and 171.1013(c) are increased or decreased by an amount |
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equal to the amount prescribed by those sections on December 31 of |
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the preceding year multiplied by the percentage increase or |
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decrease during the preceding state fiscal biennium in the consumer |
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price index and rounded to the nearest $10,000. |
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SECTION 6. Sections 171.0021 and 171.1016(d), Tax Code, are |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 7. If H.B. No. 500, Acts of the 83rd Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2013, becomes law: |
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(1) Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this Act have no |
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effect; and |
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(2) Sections 171.0022 and 171.0023, Tax Code, as added |
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by that Act, have no effect. |
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SECTION 8. This Act applies only to a report originally due |
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on or after January 1, 2014. |
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SECTION 9. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014. |