Tex. Tax Code § 152.045 · Subchapter C. COLLECTION OF TAXES
COLLECTION OF TAX ON GROSS RENTAL RECEIPTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as inconsistent with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter, an owner of a motor vehicle subject to the tax on gross rental receipts shall report and pay the tax to the comptroller in the same manner as the Limited Sales, Excise and Use Tax is reported and paid by retailers under Chapter 151 of this code.
(b) The owner shall add the tax to the rental charge, and when added, the tax is:
(1) a part of the rental charge;
(2) a debt owed to the motor vehicle owner by the person renting the vehicle; and
(3) recoverable at law in the same manner as the rental charge.
(c) The comptroller may proceed against a person renting a motor vehicle for any unpaid gross rental receipts tax.
(d) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the owner of a motor vehicle subject to the tax on gross rental receipts who is required to file a report as provided by this chapter and who fails to timely file the report shall pay a penalty of $50. The penalty provided by this subsection is assessed without regard to whether the taxpayer subsequently files the report or whether any taxes were due from the taxpayer for the reporting period under the required report.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1590, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 5, Sec. 16.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 14.04, eff. October 1, 2011.
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