Demolition Contract

You don't charge your customer tax.You then collect state sales tax, plus any local tax, from your customer on the amount you charge for the materials and those services. Your charge for the materials must be at least as much as you paid for them. The construction labor charge is not taxable.

For example, flour, sugar, bread, milk, eggs, fruits, vegetables and similar groceries (food products) are not subject to Texas sales and use tax. Tax is due, however, on non-food items such as paper, pet, beauty and hygiene products; clothing; books; and certain edible items.

Typically, pay no more than 1/3rd up front. completed 1/3rd of the job. to your satisfaction. Don't sign your insurance check over to a contractor.

Demolition of an improvement to real property is not taxable. For example, if an improvement to realty, such as a building, parking lot or sidewalk, is totally demolished and another improvement to realty is built on the same site, the demolition and rebuilding is treated as new construction labor.

The Comptroller, by rule, defines new construction as all new improvements to real property, including initial finish-out work to the interior or exterior of the improvement.16 New construction also includes the addition of new, usable square footage to an existing structure.

You shouldn't pay more than 10 percent of the estimated contract price upfront, according to the Contractors State License Board.

About Texas Foundation Repair Contractor Licenses: As of 2019, foundation repair contractors in Texas are not required to have a license. Several years back, Texas House Bill 613 was introduced to require foundation repair contractors to become licensed, but the motion failed.

See Rule 3.295, Natural Gas and Electricity. Taxable Labor Photographers, Draftsmen, Artists, Tailors, Etc. In addition to the taxable services noted above, other types of sales that may commonly be considered "services" are taxable as the sale, processing or remodeling of tangible personal property.