Texas Tax Code 321.2091 – Transition Exemption: Additional Municipal Sales and Use Tax
(a) The receipts from the sale, use, or rental of and the storage, use, or consumption of taxable items in this state are exempt from the adoption or increase of the additional municipal sales and use tax if the items are used:
(1) for the performance of a written contract entered into before the date the adoption or increase of the additional tax takes effect in the municipality, if the contract is not subject to change or modification by reason of the tax; or
(2) pursuant to an obligation of a bid or bids submitted prior to the date the adoption or increase of the additional tax takes effect in the municipality, if the bid or bids may not be withdrawn, modified, or changed by reason of the tax.
(b) The exemptions provided by this section have no effect after three years from the date the adoption or increase of the additional tax takes effect in the municipality.
Terms Used In Texas Tax Code 321.2091
- Additional municipal sales and use tax: means only the additional tax authorized by Section Texas Tax Code 321.002
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Municipality: includes any incorporated city, town, or village. See Texas Tax Code 321.002
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005