Comptroller Hegar has shared a draft of potential agency tax legislation with his Business Advisory Committee, of which TTARA is a member. Traditionally the Comptroller may offer a number of “technical corrections” bills for the legislature to consider, but with varying degrees of importance to the agency. The draft bills are a work in progress,…

List of bills we are tracking as of 1/12/21. Handout at the TTARA Legislative meeting on 1/13/21.

In previous emails and webcasts, we had shared changes the Comptroller proposed to make to administrative rule 3.591, concerning the apportionment of taxable margin. The proposed rule was published in the November 13 edition of the Texas Register. TTARA, a number of taxpayers, taxpayer representatives, and other associations submitted a number of comments, with particular…

TTARA Legislative and Tax Policy Group Meetings Our legislative and tax policy group meetings are for TTARA members only (no registration fee required.) During the legislative meetings we run through the list of bills we are tracking, relating to sales, franchise, and other state taxes, property tax, school finance, economic development and state budget. In the…