81R10987 CBH-F By: Williams S.B. No. 2300 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the exclusion of certain flow-through funds in determining total revenue for purposes of the franchise tax. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 171.1011(g), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows: (g) A taxable entity shall exclude from its total revenue, to the extent included under Subsection (c)(1)(A), (c)(2)(A), or (c)(3), only the following flow-through funds that are mandated by contract to be distributed to other entities: (1) sales commissions to nonemployees, including split-fee real estate commissions; (2) the tax basis as determined under the Internal Revenue Code of securities underwritten; [and] (3) subcontracting payments handled by the taxable entity to provide services, labor, or materials in connection with the actual or proposed design, construction, remodeling, or repair of improvements on real property or the location of the boundaries of real property; and (4) subcontracting payments made by the taxable entity to nonemployee agents for the performance of delivery services on behalf of the taxable entity. SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a report originally due on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.