The Texas Margin Tax: Is It Time For The Curtain Call?

On January 1, 2008, the business landscape changed dramatically for tens of thousands of Texas-based businesses. This change was the result of legislation that made significant revisions to the Texas franchise tax (now commonly called the “margin” tax) by expanding its scope to include entities that never before had been subject to the tax and significantly altering how the tax is calculated. To put it mildly, the margin tax has not been well received, and it is doubtful that it will reach its tenth anniversary.