Get TX Application for Extension of Time to Pay

The extension payment must be at least 90 percent of the tax that will be due with the report filed on or before Nov. 15, or 100 percent of the tax reported as due on the prior franchise tax report (provided the prior report was filed on or before May 14 of the year for which the extension is requested).

General Guideline #2 – SEND in the same amount you paid when you owed LAST YEAR with your last year's tax return (paid last year with your Extension for your 1040 Tax Return for the year before).

Franchise tax reports are due on May 15 each year. If May 15 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the next business day becomes the due date. The Comptroller's office will tentatively grant an extension of time to file a franchise tax report upon timely receipt of the appropriate form.

Yes. Unless you are filing your business's franchise tax report and paying any franchise tax due by the reporting due date, you need to file a franchise extension request with the Comptroller's office.

Texas doesn't collect income tax, so there is no Texas tax extension to file.

An extension of time to file a franchise tax report will be tentatively granted upon receipt of an appropriate timely online extension payment or request on a form provided by the Comptroller. Timely means the request is received or postmarked on or before the due date of the original report.

There is no minimum tax requirement under the franchise tax provisions. An entity that calculates an amount of tax due that is less than $1,000 or that has annualized total revenue less than or equal to $1,180,000 is not required to pay any tax.

Yes. Unless you are filing your business's franchise tax report and paying any franchise tax due by the reporting due date, you need to file a franchise extension request with the Comptroller's office.