The Texas Comptroller's office serves the state by collecting more than 60 separate taxes, fees and assessments, including local sales taxes collected on behalf of more than 1,400 cities, counties and other local governments around the state.
Animal rescue groups and nonprofit animal shelters have different sales tax responsibilities. An animal rescue group is generally required to collect sales tax on any sales and animal adoption fees, while the Texas Tax Code specifically exempts nonprofit animal shelters from collecting sales tax on their animal adoption fees. As a friendly reminder, all animal rescue groups must apply for a sales and use tax permit and collect sales tax. Learn more.
Visit Disasters and Texas Taxes to see Governor Abbott’s disaster declarations for September and October, 2019, as well as previous declarations and tax extension request procedures for affected taxpayers.
Remote sellers are required to begin sales and use tax collections on Oct. 1, 2019. You should:
Once registered, you will receive sales and use tax report forms and other important information.
The November 2019 issue of Tax Policy News is now available. You can also read previous issues of our online newsletter on this website.
In 2015, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 855, which requires state agencies to publish a list of the three most commonly used Web browsers on their websites. The Texas Comptroller’s most commonly used Web browsers are Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple Safari.
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