Business Personal Property tax is an ad valorem tax on the tangible personal property that is used for the production of income. The State of Texas has jurisdiction to tax personal property if the property is: Located in the state for longer than a temporary period.
A person is entitled to an exemption from taxation of the tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income if it has less than $2,500 of taxable value (Tax Code Section 11.145).
Texas does provide a $500 exemption for business personal property (Tax Code 11.145) and mineral interests (Tax Code 11.146).
There are several partial and absolute exemptions available. Some of these exemptions include General Residential Homestead, Over 65, Over 55 Surviving Spouse, Disability Homestead, Disabled Veterans, Charitable, Religious, Freeport and Pollution Control.
Tax Code Section 11.13(b) requires school districts to provide a $100,000 exemption on a residence homestead and Tax Code Section 11.13(n) allows any taxing unit to adopt a local option residence homestead exemption of up to 20 percent of a property's appraised value.
The rental of tangible personal property in Texas is subject to sales or use tax. A rental occurs when possession but not title to tangible personal property is transferred for consideration. A person acquires possession of tangible personal property when that person acquires operational control over that property.