LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 9, 2011 TO: Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB776 by Zaffirini (relating to customs brokers.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB776, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted: a positive impact of $2,900,000 through the biennium ending August 31, 2013.
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 9, 2011
TO: Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB776 by Zaffirini (relating to customs brokers.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means
FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB776 by Zaffirini (relating to customs brokers.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means
Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB776 by Zaffirini (relating to customs brokers.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
SB776 by Zaffirini (relating to customs brokers.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB776, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted: a positive impact of $2,900,000 through the biennium ending August 31, 2013.
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB776, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted: a positive impact of $2,900,000 through the biennium ending August 31, 2013.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds 2012 $1,400,000 2013 $1,500,000 2014 $1,500,000 2015 $1,500,000 2016 $1,600,000
2012 $1,400,000
2013 $1,500,000
2014 $1,500,000
2015 $1,500,000
2016 $1,600,000
All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Revenue Gain fromGeneral Revenue Fund1 Probable Revenue Gain fromCities Probable Revenue Gain fromTransit Authorities 2012 $1,400,000 $200,000 $100,000 2013 $1,500,000 $200,000 $100,000 2014 $1,500,000 $200,000 $100,000 2015 $1,500,000 $200,000 $100,000 2016 $1,600,000 $200,000 $100,000
Fiscal Year Probable Revenue Gain fromGeneral Revenue Fund1 Probable Revenue Gain fromCities Probable Revenue Gain fromTransit Authorities 2012 $1,400,000 $200,000 $100,000 2013 $1,500,000 $200,000 $100,000 2014 $1,500,000 $200,000 $100,000 2015 $1,500,000 $200,000 $100,000 2016 $1,600,000 $200,000 $100,000
2012 $1,400,000 $200,000 $100,000
2013 $1,500,000 $200,000 $100,000
2014 $1,500,000 $200,000 $100,000
2015 $1,500,000 $200,000 $100,000
2016 $1,600,000 $200,000 $100,000
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would partially implement recommendations from the report, "Strengthen Sales Tax Enforcement Related to Customs Brokers and Increase the Charge for Export Stamps," in the Legislative Budget Board's (LBB) Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report submitted to the Eighty-Second Texas Legislature, 2011. The bill would amend Chapter 151, Tax Code relating to customs brokers to do the following: Eliminate the requirement that the comptroller provide an alternate method to show documentation of export when the website for documentation is unavailable, but allow the comptroller to provide an alternative documentation method that customs brokers could use with prior authorization from the comptroller for each use; Authorize the comptroller to suspend or revoke a customs broker license and impose fines if the licensee does not comply with statutory requirements or issues false documentation; Eliminate the limitation of the amount of penalty to the amount of refunded tax; Require personal identification of foreign residence used for export documentation have a unique identification number; Require that the purchaser and customs broker or authorized employee sign export forms in the presence of each other; Limit to six the number of receipts for which a single export document could be issued; Require that the documentation include a declaration that the customs broker or authorized employee inspected the property and the original receipt for the property; and Increase the charge for each export stamp from $1.60 to $2.10 and require that $0.50 of the charge be used only for enforcement of the laws relating to customs brokers. The Comptroller reports that the bill would have no administrative cost. The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
The bill would partially implement recommendations from the report, "Strengthen Sales Tax Enforcement Related to Customs Brokers and Increase the Charge for Export Stamps," in the Legislative Budget Board's (LBB) Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report submitted to the Eighty-Second Texas Legislature, 2011. The bill would amend Chapter 151, Tax Code relating to customs brokers to do the following:
Eliminate the requirement that the comptroller provide an alternate method to show documentation of export when the website for documentation is unavailable, but allow the comptroller to provide an alternative documentation method that customs brokers could use with prior authorization from the comptroller for each use; Authorize the comptroller to suspend or revoke a customs broker license and impose fines if the licensee does not comply with statutory requirements or issues false documentation;
Eliminate the limitation of the amount of penalty to the amount of refunded tax;
Require personal identification of foreign residence used for export documentation have a unique identification number;
Require that the purchaser and customs broker or authorized employee sign export forms in the presence of each other; Limit to six the number of receipts for which a single export document could be issued;
Require that the documentation include a declaration that the customs broker or authorized employee inspected the property and the original receipt for the property; and
Increase the charge for each export stamp from $1.60 to $2.10 and require that $0.50 of the charge be used only for enforcement of the laws relating to customs brokers.
The Comptroller reports that the bill would have no administrative cost. The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
Methodology
Comptroller data on the number of export certificates was adjusted to reflect a marginal increase expected from the limitation to six of the number of receipts that can be combined in a single refund claim, multiplied by $2.10, and from this the amount of export stamp revenue expected under current law was subtracted to estimate the amount of revenue gain from the increase in the stamp fee. To this was added the gain from the reduction in refund claims to be paid due to more stringent documentation requirements.
Technology
No technology impact is anticipated.
Local Government Impact
The revenue gain to cities and transit authorities is shown above. Other government units imposing a sales tax could experience a small revenue gain.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JOB, KK, JI, RS
JOB, KK, JI, RS