In this issue: Pre-Filing for 84th Legislative Session Begins. TTARA Webcast Update December 5th On Monday, newly elected (and re-elected) lawmakers began pre-filing bills for consideration in the upcoming 84th legislative session. Representatives and Senators had filed a total of 443 bills and joint resolutions—a huge number in a short period of time. Type of…

TTARA Releases Research Report on Incentives TTARA today released an evaluation of the various methodologies the state uses to assess economic incentives and the projects they bring to Texas. Our report: Evaluating Incentives, A Rational Approach, points out some of the common errors and misconceptions about incentives. The state fixates on the value of the…

In this issue: Pending Sales Tax Rule on Sales for Resale: Better but Not Cured Tax Foundation Restores Texas to Top Ten Ranking on State “Business” Tax Ranking Thank You for a Great Annual Meeting! Pending Sales Tax Rule on Sales for Resale: Better but Not Cured As we reported back in July (link), as…

In this issue: Tax Pressure on Compressors House Committee on Economic Incentives: TEF & TTARA Last Chance to Register for TTARA 2014 Annual Meeting Tax Pressure on Compressors For the past year the comptroller’s office has been reassessing their policy and its application of the sales tax exemption for manufacturing/processing under Tax Code 151.318 and…

 The update is available in PDF format here.