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Dallas Texas Hotel Tax Exemptions

Dallas Texas Hotel Tax Exemptions Texas has among the highest combined hotel occupancy tax rates of any major metropolitan areas in the nation, with Houston at 17 percent and San Antonio at 16 ¾ percent. In addition to local hotel occupancy taxes, all lodging properties operating in Texas are subject…
Mansoor Ansari
May 20, 2016
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Houston Texas Franchise Tax

Houston Texas Franchise Tax At first glance, franchise tax might sound like something you have to pay if you were to own a Dunkin Donuts or a 7-Eleven. However, it doesn't mean franchise in terms of a business model where you have a franchisee and a franchisor. A franchise tax…
Mansoor Ansari
May 20, 2016
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Texas sales tax on home renovations

Texas sales tax on home renovations Real Property Repair and Remodeling Here are some important rules: Labor to repair, remodel, or restore residential real property is not taxable. Residential real property means family dwellings, including apartment complexes, nursing homes, condominiums, and retirement homes. It does not include hotels or residential…
Mansoor Ansari
May 15, 2016
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Mixed Beverage Sales Tax Audit

Mixed Beverage Sales Tax Audit If you are a business owner in Texas, chances are that you are on our website because you either have a sales tax audit pending, or you want to prepare yourself for an audit. Here is our latest Texas Comptroller's sales tax audit story of…
Mansoor Ansari
May 15, 2016
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Small Business Health Care Tax Credit

Understanding the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit By:  Mansoor Ansari The Affordable Care Act includes the small business health care tax credit, which can benefit small employers who provide health coverage for their employees. The small business health care tax credit benefits employers who: have fewer than 25 full-time…
Mansoor Ansari
February 27, 2016
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Taxable services in Texas

Taxable services” is defined in Tax Code Section 151.0101 to include 17 broad categories of services. Sec. 151.0101. "TAXABLE SERVICES". (a) "Taxable services" means: (1) amusement services; (2) cable television services; (3) personal services; (4) motor vehicle parking and storage services; (5) the repair, remodeling, maintenance, and restoration of tangible…
Mansoor Ansari
January 19, 2015