82R10966 CBH-F By: Murphy H.B. No. 2645 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the exclusion of subcontracting payments made by a staff leasing services company 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(k), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows: (k) A taxable entity that is a staff leasing services company shall exclude from its total revenue: (1) payments received from a client company for wages, payroll taxes on those wages, employee benefits, and workers' compensation benefits for the assigned employees of the client company; and (2) subcontracting payments made by the taxable entity to nonemployee agents for the performance of 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, 2012.