LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 25, 2009 TO: Honorable Steve Ogden, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1199 by Ogden (Relating to refunds of and credits for certain sales and use taxes paid by certain exempt organizations.), As Introduced Depending upon the amounts related to refund requests or credits claimed by organizations for a period before the date specified by the bill, there could be an indeterminate amount of revenue gain to the state. The bill would amend Chapter 151 of the Tax Code to specify that for the purposes of obtaining a refund or claiming a credit for sales tax, a religous, educational, or public service organization is not considered exempted from the sales tax before the earlier of the date the organization applied for the exemption with the Comptroller or the date of assessment of the organization's tax liability by the Comptroller as a result of an audit. The amounts related to refund requests or credits claimed by these types of organizations for a period before the date specified by the bill are not known, therefore the fiscal impact cannot be determined. The bill would take effect September 1, 2009. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:304 Comptroller of Public Accounts LBB Staff: JOB, MN, SD, KK LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 25, 2009 TO: Honorable Steve Ogden, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1199 by Ogden (Relating to refunds of and credits for certain sales and use taxes paid by certain exempt organizations.), As Introduced TO: Honorable Steve Ogden, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB1199 by Ogden (Relating to refunds of and credits for certain sales and use taxes paid by certain exempt organizations.), As Introduced Honorable Steve Ogden, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance Honorable Steve Ogden, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board SB1199 by Ogden (Relating to refunds of and credits for certain sales and use taxes paid by certain exempt organizations.), As Introduced SB1199 by Ogden (Relating to refunds of and credits for certain sales and use taxes paid by certain exempt organizations.), As Introduced Depending upon the amounts related to refund requests or credits claimed by organizations for a period before the date specified by the bill, there could be an indeterminate amount of revenue gain to the state. Depending upon the amounts related to refund requests or credits claimed by organizations for a period before the date specified by the bill, there could be an indeterminate amount of revenue gain to the state. The bill would amend Chapter 151 of the Tax Code to specify that for the purposes of obtaining a refund or claiming a credit for sales tax, a religous, educational, or public service organization is not considered exempted from the sales tax before the earlier of the date the organization applied for the exemption with the Comptroller or the date of assessment of the organization's tax liability by the Comptroller as a result of an audit. The amounts related to refund requests or credits claimed by these types of organizations for a period before the date specified by the bill are not known, therefore the fiscal impact cannot be determined. The bill would take effect September 1, 2009. The bill would amend Chapter 151 of the Tax Code to specify that for the purposes of obtaining a refund or claiming a credit for sales tax, a religous, educational, or public service organization is not considered exempted from the sales tax before the earlier of the date the organization applied for the exemption with the Comptroller or the date of assessment of the organization's tax liability by the Comptroller as a result of an audit. The amounts related to refund requests or credits claimed by these types of organizations for a period before the date specified by the bill are not known, therefore the fiscal impact cannot be determined. The bill would take effect September 1, 2009. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts LBB Staff: JOB, MN, SD, KK JOB, MN, SD, KK