On September 30, Comptroller Don Huffines continued the implementation of his Taxpayer First Project with the signing of an executive order1 aimed at a tax Texans never voted for: sales tax on the fee a seller, a restaurant, or a gig worker pays a platform, stacked on...
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TEC Considers Lawmaker Pay and Lobbyist Benefit Increases
The Texas Ethics Commission (TEC), an eight-member board appointed by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House, is scheduled to meet Wednesday, September 23 in Capitol Extension Room E1.014 to consider amendments to Chapter 50 of its rules on...
Texas Secures $7.5 Billion Federal Reimbursement
Every penny should be returned to Texas taxpayers. Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday1 that Texas will receive $7.5 billion from the federal government to reimburse border security costs Texas taxpayers carried during the Biden administration. After speaking with...
The Texas Lottery Cannot Be Reformed, Only Abolished
On Monday, September 14, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility testified before the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs and told them a simple truth: reforming the Texas Lottery doesn’t address the fundamental problems it presents taxpayers and families in Texas. SB...
Huffines Announces Taxpayer First Project
The Project Seeks to Reform How Texas Collects Taxes Texas Comptroller Don Huffines announced on August 181 a package of tax-administration reforms he is calling the Taxpayer First Project. The Comptroller’s office said the new policies, “collectively known as the...
Abbott and Huffines Launch Investigation of School Admin Bloat
Governor Abbott and newly-appointed Comptroller of Public Accounts Don Huffines are teaming up to investigate waste and admin bloat. Governor Greg Abbott has formally requested1 Texas Comptroller Don Huffines to investigate the finances of up to four independent...








