The Friends founded the settlement between Houston and Galveston. This row carries no transit authority.
You have a building that may sit in either county and a sale someone wants to tax like Houston. The facts below have the rate. The week below splits the building from the sale.
Friendswood is in Galveston County and Harris County. The census counted 41,213 people. Combined sales tax on the Comptroller city file is 8.25%. City tax is 2%. No transit authority is listed. No special-purpose district is listed. State tax 6.25% plus the named local pieces equals the combined 8.25%. County sales tax on the county file, not added on top of the combined city rate: Galveston none; Harris none. Business personal property rendition is due April 15 to the appraisal district for the county of the property (Galveston County or Harris County). Franchise (margin) tax report is due May 15. A no-tax-due threshold exists. Its dollar amount is not printed here. Texas has no personal income tax. The permit sets monthly, quarterly, or yearly sales-tax filing. A local counter uses the retail guide.
Your Friendswood building may stand in Galveston County or in Harris County, and a clerk may want to tax your counter the way Houston is taxed. English Quakers founded the settlement and named it for the Friends, on ground that lies in both counties. You choose the appraisal district from the address of the walls, Galveston or Harris, rather than from the commute toward Houston.
Your sale is a different choice. Combined sales tax here is 8.25 percent from a 2 percent city tax, and the row lists no transit authority, so Houston MTA stays off your Friendswood tape. Keep a Houston page with Houston and a League City page with League City. A customer who works up the road and pays you here is still your Friendswood sale. Put the tape, the neighbor page, and the building address in one envelope. Ask for the city on the sale and the county on the building. Correct both on your desk before the report goes out.
The counter is the retail guide.
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Other trades are on the industry list.
Book a time and send one Friendswood tape, one neighbor page, and the building address. Both marks come back while the return is open.
Sources: Handbook of Texas, Friendswood (https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/friendswood-tx).