| Sales Tax Update |
| a quarterly online newsletter about Texas Sales and Use Tax |
Sales Tax Update is a quarterly online newsletter with timely tips about Texas sales and use tax. To ensure the public has access to current tax information, only recent issues of Sales Tax Update are available via this index. Older issues are no longer provided since they may contain information that has been superseded or can be misleading and conflicts with current tax law. Articles that reflect policy for various taxes are available on our State Tax Automated Research (STAR) System.
A Special Note to Readers
Sales Tax Update - So Long, Farewell...
Sales Tax Update, our quarterly online newsletter with tips about Texas sales and use tax, is being merged with Tax Policy News. We will continue to publish Tax Policy News once a month. With this change, the latest information you need about Texas sales and use tax will be available sooner, and Tax Policy News will continue to have all the latest news about all Texas taxes.
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Recent Issues
2009
Legislative Update - September 2009
- 9-1-1 Emergency Service Fee
- Cigar and Tobacco Products Tax
- Franchise Tax
- Hotel Occupancy Tax - State Tax Allocations
- Insurance Tax
- Motor Fuels Tax
- Motor Vehicle Sales and Use Tax
- Natural Gas and Crude Oil Taxes
- Sales and Use Tax - General
- Sales and Use Tax - Local Tax
- Sales and Use Tax - Local Jurisdictions Authorized
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2nd Quarter - June 2009
- New Sales Tax Locator Now Available!
- August Three-Day Sales Tax Holiday on Clothing, Footwear and Backpacks
- Summer Fun in the Sun - Keeping it Cool and "Collected"
- Camps for Children
- Tax-Free Sales: It's a New Calendar Year
- Blueprints and Reproduction Services Purchased by Architects, Engineers, Contractors and Government Entities
- "Caught in the Middle" - Contracts with Exempt Entities: Purchases of Taxable Services, Supplies and Rental Equipment by the "Middleman"
- Firearms Sold by Out-of-State Dealers - Transfer Fees Charged by Texas Dealers
1st Quarter - April 2009
- Clarification - Home Stagers
- Interest Rate Change
- Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday
- Digital TV Transition and the Taxability of Converter Box Coupons
- Discounts, Coupons, "Free Meals" and Rebates
- Skin Care Products Sold in a Doctor's Office
- Off-Road Use of Propane
- There's No (Tax) Free Lunch for Employees of Exempt Organizations
- Internet Sales are Subject to Sales Tax - Buying and Selling Online