Texas Comptroller's Office

Texas Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday Has Strange List of Exempt Items

Earlier this year, the Texas state legislature voted to create a sales tax holiday that will coincide with the back-to-school time frame. The state has had a back-to-school sales tax holiday each year since 1999.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Jul. 12, 2014

Texans Affected by Fertilizer Plant Explosion Given Tax Extensions by State

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has announced that taxpayers in McLennan County affected by the fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas, can postpone paying state taxes while they recover from the devastation.

Apr. 20, 2013