Texas compliance at a glance
- Sales tax: 6.25% state rate. Most labor exempt; tangible goods and certain services taxable. Combined max 8.25%.
- Late fees: Up to 1.5% per month. (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code 搂2.207; Tex. Fin. Code 搂302.002) Up to 18%/yr commercial when stated in writing. Default 6%/yr otherwise.
- Prompt-pay law: Texas Prompt Payment Act (Gov. Code Ch. 2251) for state contracts; private construction Ch. 28. Owners must pay within 35 days of receipt of payment request; interest accrues at prime + 1% otherwise.
Texas metros
- Dallas8,100,037 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Houston7,510,253 residents 路 0% combined tax
- San Antonio2,703,999 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Austin2,473,275 residents 路 0% combined tax
- McAllen898,471 residents 路 0% combined tax
- El Paso873,331 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Killeen501,333 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Corpus Christi448,323 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Brownsville426,710 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Beaumont395,479 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Lubbock360,104 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Waco304,865 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Longview293,498 residents 路 0% combined tax
- College Station281,445 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Amarillo272,395 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Laredo269,148 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Tyler245,209 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Midland182,324 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Abilene181,591 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Odessa164,494 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Wichita Falls149,947 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Sherman146,907 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Texarkana145,907 residents 路 0% combined tax
- San Angelo120,606 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Victoria98,808 residents 路 0% combined tax
- Eagle Pass57,762 residents 路 0% combined tax