Same Song, New Verse: COST Finds Texas Tax Appeal System Lacking, Again COST (Council on State Taxation) has just released the latest version of its Scorecard on Tax Appeals & Procedural Requirements, a report that evaluates the relevant laws and regulations of each state based on an assessment of how they measure up against criteria…

In this issue: Tax Foundation Rankings Miss the Mark Texas Bond Rating Improves 2013 TTARA Annual Meeting Tax Foundation Rankings Miss the Mark Yesterday the Tax Foundation released their 2014 Business Tax Rankings, announcing that Texas had fallen to 11th place, down from 9th place in 2013. While we have a tremendous amount of respect…

In this issue: Summer Re-Runs: Third-Called Session Comptroller Raises Revenue Estimate Comptroller Working Groups on New Tax Relief Legislation: Data Center Sales Tax Exemption Franchise Tax Research and Development Credit: Questions Concerning Effective Date Mark Your Calendars: TTARA 2013 Annual Meeting in Austin November 13th and 14th Summer Re-Runs: Third-Called Session House and Senate conferees…

Transportation Funding Stuck: Making Sense of the Traffic Jam The House and Senate have disposed of all of the Governor’s items for the 2nd called special session except for “legislation relating to the funding of transportation infrastructure projects.” With the session set to expire next week, the leadership is scrambling to cobble together a package…

Prefiled Amendments to HB 500 by Hilderbran