81R10987 CBH-F
 
  By: Howard of Fort Bend H.B. No. 3778
 
 
 
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.