Taxes in Texas

Each state’s tax code is a multifaceted system with many moving parts, and Texas is no exception. The first step towards understanding Texas’s tax code is knowing the basics.

How does Texas rank? Below, we have highlighted a number of tax rates, ranks, and measures detailing Texas’s income tax, business tax, sales tax, and property tax systems. Click the tabs below to explore!

Texas Governor Suspends Hotel Tax as Texans Might Pay It

September 15, 2008

Texas Supreme Court Declines to Rehear Insurance Tax Case

September 3, 2008

Tax Foundation Urges Texas Court to Avoid Sparking an Interstate Tax War

August 25, 2008

Urging Texas Court to Avoid Sparking an Interstate Tax War — First American Title Ins. Co. v. Combs

August 12, 2008

Coupons Shouldn’t Be Taxed, but Government Vouchers Should

July 9, 2008

Which States Tax Celebrations of Independence from Taxation?

July 3, 2008

Texas “Pole Tax” Declared Unconstitutional

April 2, 2008

Texas Legislature Grapples with Property Taxes

February 15, 2008

Legal Battle Brewing Over Texas Fees on Adult Entertainment

December 10, 2007

Property Tax Hike in Dallas, But Senior Citizens Get a Break

August 30, 2007

Phone Company Sends Text Message: Remit Payment for Service and Taxes

February 13, 2007

What ‘Economic Incidence’ of Business Taxes Looks Like

January 18, 2007

New Year Brings Multitude of New State Tax Laws

January 3, 2007

Honoring Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (1921-2006)

May 24, 2006

Texas Implements Gross Receipts Tax

May 19, 2006

Higher Cigarette Taxes Mean More Smuggling

May 15, 2006

Reforming Property Taxes in the Lone Star State

May 11, 2006

Telecommunications Deregulation in Texas: An Analysis of the 2005 Competition Act

December 8, 2005

Telecommunications Deregulation in Texas Promises Increased Competition, Innovation and Efficiency

December 6, 2005

More Gambling for the Children?

March 1, 2005