Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Funds Texas Comptroller, managing tax administration and state-level economic incentive programs in Texas.

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is Texas's tax authority. It oversees franchise tax administration and a narrow set of incentive programs that are delivered through tax filings, property-tax agreements, and one direct-grant route rather than through an open competitive grant system.

Its active programs here are the Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation Act, the Texas Enterprise Zone Program, the Texas R&D Franchise Tax Credit, and Texas Rural Law Enforcement Grants. The first three operate as a tax credit, a sales and use tax refund, and a property-tax value-limitation program, while the rural law-enforcement route is the only direct grant and is capped at $500,000 for county governments.

Applications for JETI and Enterprise Zone move through eSystems, and the Data Analysis and Transparency Division handles reporting and administration for these incentives. For companies, the practical use of this office is statutory tax support; for counties, the grant path is narrow and purpose-built, not a general funding portal.