Taxes & Incentives
- Overview
- Corporate Franchise Tax
- Property Tax
- Sales & Use Tax
- Unemployment Insurance & Workers’ Compensation
- Texas Enterprise Zone Program
- Tax Exemptions & Credits
- Training Programs
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Financing Programs
- Texas Enterprise Fund
- Chapter 380/381 Financing
- Economic Development Sales Tax Corporations
- Certified Capital Companies
- Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas Grants
- Texas Product Development & Small Business Incubator Fund
- Tax Increment Financing
- Industrial Revenue Bonds
- Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program
- Foreign Trade Zone 183 of Central Texas
- Other Assistance
- Local Incentives Summary
Texas In-State Tuition Incentive for Employees & Family Members
Texas has an Economic Development and Diversification In-State Tuition incentive that may be offered by the Economic Development and Tourism division of the Office of the Governor to qualified businesses that are in the decision-making process to relocate or expand their operations into Texas. The incentive allows employees and family members of the qualified businesses to pay the Texas resident tuition rate at a Texas public institution of higher education without first establishing residency if the business is admitted to the program not earlier than five years before the relevant enrollment date. Qualified businesses must be an industry that will have a high economic impact to the Texas region in which it locates and should be a targeted industry of the state or an ancillary or support industry. The business should also promote highly skilled, high-wage jobs. A letter of request for consideration to the Executive Director of the Economic Development & Tourism is to be submitted by the city or county or economic development organization on behalf of the company. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in consultation with the Economic Development and Tourism office, administers the benefit for approved companies.