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Tax Guides

Use the following guides to determine how to use various provisions of the Texas Tax Code and Local Government Code to fund infrastructure improvements and economic development projects in your area.

• Tax-Related State and Local Economic Development Programs, July 2019 (PDF)
• Economic Development Sales Tax, December 2015 (PDF)
• County Government Assistance Tax, December 2015 (PDF)
• Local Sales Tax Options, January 2016 (PDF)
• Municipal Sales and Use Tax For Street Maintenance, January 2020 (PDF)
• Sports and Community Venue Tax, January 2016 (PDF)
• Using Sales Tax to Reduce the Property Tax Rate, January 2016 (PDF)
• Library District Sales Tax, January 2016 (PDF)
• Tax Abatements: An Economic Development Tool for Cities, January 2018 (PDF)
• Tax Increment Financing: Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones (Chapter 311), January 2018 (PDF)

Notifications

• Retailers’ Guide to the Sales Tax Exemption for Commercial Agricultural and Timber Operations (PDF)

Publications

• Texas Health Care Spending Report, Fiscal 2015 (PDF)
• Funding the State Water Plan Through the SWIFT Program, May 2016 (PDF)
• Biennial Economic Development Corporation Reports
• Individual EDC Reports
• Biennial Texas Economic Development Act (Chapter 313) Reports
• Biennial Property Tax Abatement Reports
• Biennial Tax Increment Financing Reports
• Local Government Budgeting Guides
• Manufacturing Development in Texas (HB 2482 Report)
• Report on Events Trust Funds
• An Analysis of Texas Economic Development Incentives, 2010 (PDF)
• Updated Texas Economic Development Incentive Grid, 2014 (PDF)
• Texas Community Reinvestment Updates
• Texas State Expenditures by County

Questions?

Contact the Comptroller's Data Analysis and Transparency Division at 512-463-3793 or via email.