Tex. Tax Code § 202.155
This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 202.155, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.
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§ 202.155. PURCHASER TO PAY TAX ON OIL FROM PROPERTY UNDER LEGAL CONSTRAINT.
Official statutory text
(a) A purchaser shall pay the tax imposed by this chapter on oil purchased from property in bankruptcy, receivership, covered by an assignment, or subject to a legal proceeding.
(b) The purchaser shall withhold the amount of tax required to be paid by Subsection (a) of this section from payments to the producer, trustee, assignee, or other person claiming the payments and from payments the purchaser impounds or places in escrow.
(c) The purchaser is not liable for the amount of tax paid as required by this section to any claimant of payments for the purchase of oil.
(b) The purchaser shall withhold the amount of tax required to be paid by Subsection (a) of this section from payments to the producer, trustee, assignee, or other person claiming the payments and from payments the purchaser impounds or places in escrow.
(c) The purchaser is not liable for the amount of tax paid as required by this section to any claimant of payments for the purchase of oil.
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