Texas Taxes

The Texas Comptroller’s office serves the state by collecting more than 60 separate taxes, fees and assessments, including local sales taxes collected on behalf of more than 1,400 cities, counties and other local governments around the state. State taxes and fees will generate an estimated $77.5 billion in the state’s 2008-09 budget period.

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Taxes and Fees

911 Emergency Service Fee 911 Equalization Surcharge 911 Prepaid Wireless Emergency Service Fee 911 Wireless Emergency Service Fee Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority (ABTPA) Assessment Automotive Oil Sales Fee Bank Franchise Battery Sales Fee Boat & Boat Motor Cement Production Cigarette Cigar, Tobacco Products Cigarette/Tobacco Advertising Fee Coastal Protection Coin-Operated Machines Tax Controlled Substances Crude Oil Diesel Fuels Fireworks Franchise Gasoline Hotel Inheritance Insurance Maintenance Tax – Workers’ Compensation Research Insurance Maintenance Taxes – Texas Department of Insurance Insurance Maintenance Tax – Division of Workers Compensation/Office of Injured Employees Counsel Insurance Premium Tax – Independently Procured Insurance Premium Tax – Licensed Insurers Insurance Premium Tax – Surplus Lines/Purchasing Groups Insurance Premium Tax – Unauthorized Insurance International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) Liquefied Gas

Loan Administration Fee Local Property Local Sales & Use Manufactured Housing Miscellaneous Gross Receipts Mixed Beverage Tax Motor Fuels Transporters Motor Vehicle – Gross Rental Receipts Motor Vehicle – Local Sports and Community Venue Sales and Use Motor Vehicle – Sales and Use Motor Vehicle – Seller-Financed Sales Motor Vehicle – Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) Registration Surcharge Motor Vehicle – Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) Surcharge Natural Gas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) Assessment Oil & Gas Well Servicing Oyster Sales Fee Pari-Mutuel Petroleum Products Delivery Fee Property Tax Public Utility Gross Receipts Assessment Retail Charge Account Delinquency Fee Retaliatory Tax Sales & Use School Fund Benefit Sexually Oriented Business Fee Sulphur Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) – Off Road Heavy Duty Diesel Equipment Surcharge Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund (Repealed) Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Fund Assessment