Tex. Tax Code § 151.427

This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 151.427, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.

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§ 151.427. DEDUCTION FOR PROPERTY ON WHICH THE TAX IS PAID AND HELD FOR RESALE.

Official statutory text

(a) A seller who has paid the tax imposed by this chapter on the sales price of tangible personal property acquired for storage or use may deduct the amount of the tax paid if the seller resells, leases, or rents the item to another in the regular course of business before the seller has made any use of the property other than retaining, displaying, or demonstrating it while holding it for sale in the regular course of business.

(b) If a deduction is taken under Subsection (a) of this section, the person who sold the property to the seller may not receive a credit or refund with respect to the sale of the property to the seller.

(c) The deduction allowed by Subsection (a) of this section must be taken in accordance with any rule on the deduction made by the comptroller.

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