Austin CPA and Bookkeeping AlternativeDates and rates that do not belong to a vibe

The dates we actually watch

15 May is the day the franchise report has to be in. If the report year is 2026 or 2027, a business at or under 2,650,000 dollars of the measured amount owes nothing on that report. Retail shares a 0.375 percent computation with wholesale. Everyone else in the ordinary computation is figured at 0.75 percent. The compensation deduction stops at 480,000 dollars. Total revenue under 20 million dollars is what opens the easier computation, and that computation uses a 0.331 percent rate. Franchise amounts on this page were taken from the Comptroller franchise page on the reading day 28 September 2026. The rate that matters is the one attached to the report year, not last year's memory.

Austin does not add a city franchise tax on top of the state report. It is a state report. Open months make a weak revenue figure, so the closed months are what the May report actually rests on. A year of open months is a bad way to meet 15 May.

West of the downtown grid, freedman Charles Clark's 1871 neighborhood is still this city's oldest surviving freedmen's town. Texans can hold that history without pretending they walk it every week. We hold it that way. A date on a tax calendar deserves the same kind of respect. It is older than this month's mood, and it does not move because the file is behind.

Property, said with the workbook

Austin ISD covers 73.37 percent of the 2020 census blocks inside the place, which is a share of blocks, not of land and not of taxable value. For 2025 the district total rate on the Comptroller school workbook is 0.9252 per 100 dollars, of which 0.8022 is maintenance and operations and 0.123 is interest and sinking. The workbook was checked on 28 September 2026.

Travis County's total rate on the county workbook for the same year is 0.375845 per 100 dollars. A rendition still rides on the books you keep. April is calmer when the months before it were closed. We pull the figures the form asks for from those months. We do not invent a value, and we do not promise a protest result.

Sales, so the three pages agree

State sales tax 6.25 percent, city 1 percent under code 2227016, Austin MTA 1 percent under code 3227999, total 8.25 percent. The longer walk through a weekend deposit is on the local-tax page. This page is the date board. If a figure here and a figure there ever disagree, both come down until the source is read again.

Mixed beverage taxes are state taxes. Permit holders are the ones who pay the 6.7 percent gross receipts tax on mixed beverages. The sales tax collected from the customer on those sales is 8.25 percent. The mixed beverage report deadline is the 20th of the following month. The Comptroller FAQ, read on 28 September 2026, says there is no local mixed beverage tax in the way there is a local sales tax. Cities receive a rebate instead. If you hold a permit, the month the drinks were served is the month the report cares about.

How a date stops being a scramble

A date is a scramble only when the months under it are open. The franchise report due on 15 May wants a revenue figure. That figure is the year. If December was closed in January, May is a preparation, not a rescue. If December is still a shrug in April, May becomes a rescue, and the rate you apply is the least interesting part of the pain.

We keep a short board of the dates that touch the file. 15 May for the franchise report. The 20th for a mixed beverage report if you hold a permit. The sales month on its own rhythm. April for the property rendition when it applies to you. None of these are surprises we spring in the week they are due. They are on the year line on the home, and they are in the month that feeds them. Ask us to put your own dates on that line once we know which permits and which reports you actually file. A date that does not apply to you does not belong on your board.