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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exclusion of flow-through funds from total revenue |
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for purposes of the franchise tax. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 171.1011(g), Tax Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(g) A taxable entity shall exclude from its total revenue, |
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to the extent included under Subsection (c)(1)(A), (c)(2)(A), or |
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(c)(3), [only the following] flow-through funds that are mandated |
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by contract to be distributed to other entities[:
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[(1)
sales commissions to nonemployees, including
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split-fee real estate commissions;
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[(2)
the tax basis as determined under the Internal
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Revenue Code of securities underwritten; and
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[(3)
subcontracting payments handled by the taxable
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entity to provide services, labor, or materials in connection with
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the actual or proposed design, construction, remodeling, or repair
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of improvements on real property or the location of the boundaries
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of real property]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a report originally due |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010. |