Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Duties== The primary duties of the comptroller's office are to collect substantially all tax revenue owed to the State of Texas (this involves more than 60 different types of taxes from the [[sales tax]] -- the largest source of the state's tax revenue, since Texas does not have a personal [[income tax]] -- to minor items such as the "battery sales fee" -- a $2β$3 fee on sales of lead-acid batteries) and to maintain the official financial records for the state. As Texas uses a unified collection system for sales taxes assessed by both state and local governments, the comptroller's office is responsible for collecting and remitting the local portion of this tax revenue to the various cities, counties, and special districts throughout the state.<ref>[http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxes "Overview of Texas Taxes", comptroller's office]</ref> The comptroller's office also operates the various prepaid college tuition funds operated by the state through its Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board, provides reports on fiscal management and economic forecasts, and manages the [[unclaimed property]] fund.<ref>[http://www.window.state.tx.us/finances "Texas Finances and Economic Reporting", Comptroller's office]</ref> As part of its fiscal management responsibilities, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090107002859/http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/txconst/sections/cn000300-0049a0.html Article III, Section 49a] of the Texas Constitution requires the comptroller to certify to the [[Texas Legislature]] the amount of available cash on hand and anticipated revenues for the next biennium (the two-year period beginning on September 1 of odd-numbered years). The Legislature is not permitted to appropriate any funds in excess of the comptroller's certified amounts (except in cases of emergency and then only with a four-fifths vote of both chambers), and absent the latter the comptroller is required to reject and return to the legislature any appropriation in violation of this requirement. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page