Taxable Services in Texas
Taxable services” is defined in Tax Code Section 151.0101 to include 17 broad categories of services.
Sec. 151.0101. “TAXABLE SERVICES”. (a) “Taxable services” means:
(1) amusement services;
(2) cable television services;
(3) personal services;
(4) motor vehicle parking and storage services;
(5) the repair, remodeling, maintenance, and restoration of tangible personal property, except:
(A) aircraft;
(B) a ship, boat, or other vessel, other than:
(i) a taxable boat or motor as defined by Section 160.001;
(ii) a sports fishing boat; or
(iii) any other vessel used for pleasure;
(C) the repair, maintenance, and restoration of a motor vehicle; and
(D) the repair, maintenance, creation, and restoration of a computer program, including its development and modification, not sold by the person performing the repair, maintenance, creation, or restoration service;
(6) telecommunications services;
(7) credit reporting services;
(8) debt collection services;
(9) insurance services;
(10) information services;
(11) real property services;
(12) data processing services;
(13) real property repair and remodeling;
(14) security services;
(15) telephone answering services;
(16) Internet access service; and
(17) a sale by a transmission and distribution utility, as defined in Section 31.002, Utilities Code, of transmission or delivery of service directly to an electricity end-use customer whose consumption of electricity is subject to taxation under this chapter.
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