84R2597 BEF-D
 
  By: Bohac H.B. No. 1316
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to decreasing the rates of the franchise tax.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  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 0.95
  [one] percent of taxable margin.
         (b)  Subject to Sections 171.003 and 171.1016, the rate of
  the franchise tax is 0.475 [0.5] percent of taxable margin for those
  taxable entities primarily engaged in retail or wholesale trade.
         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, 2016.