Implementing Sector: | State |
Category: | Financial Incentive |
State: | Texas |
Incentive Type: | Corporate Tax Deduction |
Web Site: | http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/re/incentives-taxcode-statutes.php |
Administrator: | Comptroller of Public Accounts |
Start Date: | 01/26/1982 |
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: | Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Thermal Process Heat, Solar Photovoltaics, Wind (All) |
Name: | Texas Tax Code § 171.107 |
Date Enacted: | 1981 (subsequently amended) |
Effective Date: | 1982 |
Texas allows a corporation to deduct the cost of a solar energy device from the franchise tax in one of two ways:
Both taxable capital and a company's income are taxed under the franchise tax, which is Texas's equivalent to a corporate tax.
For the purposes of this deduction, a solar energy device means "a system or series of mechanisms designed primarily to provide heating or cooling or to produce electrical or mechanical power by collecting and transferring solar-generated energy. The term includes a mechanical or chemical device that has the ability to store solar-generated energy for use in heating or cooling or in the production of power." Under this definition wind energy is also included as an eligible technology.
Texas also offers a franchise tax exemption for manufacturers, seller, or installers of solar energy systems which also includes wind energy as an eligible technology.
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