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Tag: Franchise Tax 2025
Texas R&D “Double Weighting” Election: When It Helps
Introduction If your Texas startup invests heavily in R&D, there’s a little-known tax strategy that could cut your franchise tax burden significantly in 2025: the “Double Weighting” Election for research expenses. Texas allows certain taxpayers to double-count qualified R&D expenses in the cost-of-goods-sold (COGS) deduction for margin tax purposes. Let’s break down when and how […]
Zero-Emission Equipment Incentive §171.602: Franchise Tax Credit
Introduction In 2025, Texas is rewarding businesses that invest in clean energy and zero-emission technologies with a valuable franchise tax credit under §171.602. If you’re a manufacturer, warehouse, data center, or logistics startup using electric vehicles, battery storage, or clean HVAC systems, this could reduce your state tax bill significantly. Here’s how the Texas zero-emission […]
New $2.47 M “No-Tax-Due” Threshold Explained (and Who Still Files)
New $2.47 M “No-Tax-Due” Beginning with report years due on or after January 1, 2024, Texas more than doubled its “no-tax-due” threshold—raising it from $1.23 million to $2.47 million. This change, enacted by Senate Bill 3, relieves smaller businesses from owing any franchise tax, but it does not eliminate their filing obligations entirely. In this […]