Tex. Lab. Code § 213.022 · Subchapter B. EMPLOYER PENALTIES AND INTEREST
PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO FILE REPORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An employer who does not file a report of wages paid or contributions due as required by this subtitle or commission rule shall pay to the commission a penalty in the amount equal to:
(1) $15, if the completed report is filed not later than the 15th day after the report's due date;
(2) $30 plus one-twentieth of one percent of wages that the employer failed to report, if the completed report is filed after the 15th day after the report's due date but during the first month after the report's due date;
(3) the sum of the amount computed under Subdivision (2) and the amount equal to $30 plus one-tenth of one percent of wages that the employer failed to report, if the completed report is filed during the second month after the report's due date; or
(4) the sum of the amount computed under Subdivision (3) and the amount equal to $30 plus one-fifth of one percent of wages that the employer failed to report, if the completed report is filed during the third month after the report's due date.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.213.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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