The name came from pear trees. The building still has one county.
The Handbook of Texas puts Pearland in northern Brazoria County, a railway siding renamed for the pear trees, later extended into Harris County, and close to Houston. The Comptroller city row also lists Fort Bend County. The combined figure is 7.75%, not the cap.
Pearland is in Fort Bend County, Harris County, and Brazoria County. The census counted 125,828 people. Combined sales tax on the Comptroller city file is 7.75%. City tax is 1.5%. No transit authority is listed. Special districts on the row, not one citywide stack. At 0.5%: Pearland Mgmt Dist 1, LK Pearland Mgmt Dist. State tax 6.25% plus city tax equals the combined 7.75%. Do not add every special district on top. County sales tax on the county file, not added on top of the combined city rate: Fort Bend none; Harris none; Brazoria 0.5%. Business personal property rendition is due April 15 to the appraisal district for the county of the property (Fort Bend County or Harris County or Brazoria 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 closing that names the county uses the real-estate guide.
Three counties on one city row will make a tired evening pick the county that was true for the last file. The sale in front of you has one building. The sales-tax column does not change with the county. The property roll does.
The entry's name story is pear trees on a railway siding in northern Brazoria County, with a later reach into Harris County. Fort Bend is on the Comptroller row even when you are not standing in it today. Proximity to Houston is in the history. It is not permission to file Houston's row, and it is not permission to paste on Houston's transit name.
City tax plus the state is the whole combined 7.75% figure. Two management districts are named in the facts block and are not a license to stack both on every page. A closing system that defaults to the cap will be wrong on this city. Say 7.75% out loud before you export.
Brazoria's county file shows a county sales tax. Harris and Fort Bend show none. Do not add the Brazoria county piece on top of the combined column, and do not assume a Harris building inherited it. Say the county of the building before you pick a roll. A roll sent to the wrong county is not saved by a correct sales total.
The pear trees explain the name. They are not a product line unless you are selling fruit. A counter tape for ordinary goods uses this city's column. A closing page uses the same column if you had a taxable sale, and it uses the county for the property questions. Do not let the closing file rename the city because the buyer works up the road.
One closing page and one counter tape. Mark the county on the closing page: Brazoria, Fort Bend, or Harris. Mark the city on the tape and confirm it does not say Houston. Names stay off the note. If either page used the statewide cap, circle it and write 7.75% beside it. Pear trees explain the old railway siding's name. They are not a product unless you sell fruit. The two management districts in the facts block are not an excuse to stack both onto this tape. Proximity to Houston is geography, not a second city row. The page and the tape are the file.
A closing that turns on the county is the real-estate guide.
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Other trades are on the industry list.
Book a time and send one closing page and one counter tape. The flag on 8.25% comes back for the open filing. There is no Pearland room to drive to.
Sources: Handbook of Texas, Pearland (https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/pearland-tx).