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Amend CSHB 500 as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 20, add the following appropriately numbered sections and renumber subsequent sections accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Effective January 1, 2014, Sections 171.002(a) and (b), Tax Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) Subject to Sections 171.003 and 171.1016 and except as provided by Subsection (b), the rate of the franchise tax is 0.90 [one] percent of taxable margin.
(b) Subject to Sections 171.003 and 171.1016, the rate of the franchise tax is 0.45 [0.5] percent of taxable margin for those taxable entities primarily engaged in retail or wholesale trade.
(b) This section applies only to a report originally due on or after January 1, 2014.
(2) On page 8, line 10 insert the following appropriately numbered sections and renumber subsequent sections accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Effective January 1, 2014, Section 171.1016(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The amount of the tax for which a taxable entity that elects to pay the tax as provided by this section is liable is computed by:
(1) determining the taxable entity's total revenue from its entire business, as determined under Section 171.1011;
(2) apportioning the amount computed under Subdivision (1) to this state, as provided by Section 171.106, to determine the taxable entity's apportioned total revenue; and
(3) multiplying the amount computed under Subdivision (2) by the rate of 0.5175 [0.575] percent.
(b) This section applies only to a report originally due on or after January 1, 2014.