Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released the following statement reminding businesses about the agency’s boycott Israel list amid the Israel-Hamas conflict: “Over the weekend, Israel was hit with a cowardly attack by terrorists with seemingly no goal but senseless destruction and loss of […]
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Texas Tuition Promise Fund® Turns 15; Enroll Before Nov. 1 and Save
The Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state’s prepaid college tuition plan, turns 15 this month. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds families that enrollment in the plan began today and runs through Feb. 29, 2024. The Texas Tuition Promise Fund offers […]
Texas Prepaid Tuition Plan Newborn Enrollment Deadline Approaches
Texas families have through July 31 to enroll their newborns at 2022-23 prices in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state’s prepaid college tuition plan. Newborns are children younger than 1 year of age at the time of enrollment.* “I know […]
Texas ABLE Program Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is celebrating a milestone for the Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience (Texas ABLE®) Program — the state’s tax-advantaged savings program for Texans with disabilities. The Comptroller-administrated program marked its fifth year of operation this month. […]
Texas Broadband Development Office Seeks Input from Public for Development of Digital Opportunity Plan
Broadband Development Office Invites All Texans to Complete Public Survey Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today that his agency’s Broadband Development Office (BDO) is asking the public for input on internet accessibility, affordability and usage. BDO will use the Digital […]
Texas Comptroller’s Office Releases Reference Essentials for Current Legislative Session
The Texas Comptroller’s office recently released Taxes of Texas: A Field Guide, a periodic report providing an overview of Texas’ major state taxes, and the Tax Exemptions and Tax Incidence Report, which estimates the value of each exemption, exclusion, discount, deduction, special accounting […]
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s Statement on Harris County Decision to Waste Additional Taxpayer Resources in Effort to Defund the Police
Harris County has always had the opportunity to resolve this by communicating with my office and with the constables who have remained at the negotiating table. Law enforcement has been consistently available and open to finding a local solution that […]
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Releases Statement on Federal Government’s Failure to Extend Broadband Challenge Deadline
I’m disappointed that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has stubbornly refused to resolve a problem of its own creation and may sacrifice data quality to meet arbitrary and aggressive timelines. However, in response to pressure from Texas and […]
Fiscal Notes: Agriculture Industry Grows Texas
Texas has about 247,000 farms and ranches and 126 million acres of farmland, more than any other state. In 2021, Texas ranked fourth among states for total cash receipts for all agricultural commodities — including Texas’ prominent cotton industry in […]
State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $3.7 Billion in May
(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.69 billion in May, 8.6 percent more than in May 2021. Annual revenue growth of 8.6 percent suggests modest growth in underlying taxable economic activity, in view of the […]
