The Texas Comptroller’s office will begin working with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) to suspend mixed beverage and private club permits held by businesses that are delinquent on franchise, sales or hotel occupancy taxes. This will begin early next year and add to current tax-collection measures.
“Our office already works with TABC to suspend permits for businesses that fail to pay mixed beverage tax,” said Texas Comptroller Susan Combs. “This new effort is aimed at establishments that may be current on their mixed beverage tax, but fall delinquent on the other taxes and fail to comply with collection efforts. We will use every available method to collect every dollar owed to the state.”
Texas has about 13,200 mixed beverage taxpayers. Last year the Comptroller’s enforcement division collected $45.4 million in delinquent mixed beverage tax.
