The index lists an EZ computation at 0.331 percent beside a revenue band of 20 million dollars, for the report years it prints.
Across the year-pairs printed on the index, EZ stays listed at 0.331 percent next to that 20 million dollar band. Being inside the band means the form is available. It does not mean the long form was compared.
The long-form rates on the same rows are 0.375 percent for retail or wholesale and 0.75 percent otherwise. Which one produces the smaller tax depends on the margin the instructions allow. This page will not declare a winner for an entity it has not seen.
Read on the Comptroller franchise index, comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/franchise/, on 29 September 2026. 15 May is the day named for the yearly filing, and a weekend or holiday pushes that day forward to the following business day. For report years 2026 and 2027, tax begins above 2,650,000 dollars. Retail or wholesale is listed at 0.375 percent, every other activity at 0.75 percent, compensation is capped at a 480,000 dollar deduction, and the EZ rate of 0.331 percent is listed beside a 20 million dollar revenue band. For report years 2024 and 2025 the tax-begins figure is 2,470,000 dollars and the compensation cap is 450,000 dollars. Filing after the due date costs 50 dollars on the report. Paying in the first 30 days after the due date adds 5 percent of the tax. Paying after that window adds 10 percent. Unpaid tax starts accruing interest on day 61. Even when tax is zero, the index still wants a Public Information Report or an Ownership Report. Those lines were copied from the franchise index and nowhere else.
| Revenue band for EZmarked | 20 million dollars, as printed |
|---|---|
| EZ rate on the index | 0.331 percent |
| Long-form retail or wholesale | 0.375 percent of margin, not of revenue |
| Long-form other | 0.75 percent of margin, not of revenue |
I want both computations available before a form is chosen, from the federal revenue figure.
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