81R5852 KLA-D
By: Edwards H.B. No. 1667
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the computation and rates of the franchise tax.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 171.002(a), (b), and (d), Tax Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Subject to Sections 171.003 and 171.1016 and except as
provided by Subsection (b), the rate of the franchise tax is 0.75
[one] percent of taxable margin.
(b) Subject to Sections 171.003 and 171.1016, the rate of
the franchise tax is 0.375 [0.5] percent of taxable margin for those
taxable entities primarily engaged in retail or wholesale trade.
(d) A taxable entity is not required to pay any tax and is
not considered to owe any tax for a period if:
(1) the amount of tax computed for the taxable entity
is less than $1,000; or
(2) the amount of the taxable entity's total revenue
from its entire business is less than or equal to $1 million
[$300,000] or the amount determined under Section 171.006 per
12-month period on which margin is based.
SECTION 2. Section 171.006(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) On [Beginning in 2010, on] January 1 of each
even-numbered year, the amounts prescribed by Sections
171.002(d)(2)[, 171.0021,] and 171.1013(c) are increased or
decreased by an amount equal to the amount prescribed by those
sections on December 31 of the preceding year multiplied by the
percentage increase or decrease during the preceding state fiscal
biennium in the consumer price index and rounded to the nearest
$10,000.
SECTION 3. Sections 171.0021 and 171.1016(d), Tax Code, are
repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act applies only to a report originally due
on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.