Bookkeeping services in Texas
A Texas business answers to the same state filings whether it sits in Austin, Dallas or Houston. This page covers the statewide ones. Each city page covers what changes at the county and city level.
Book a free discovery callWhat monthly bookkeeping covers
Your bookkeeper sets up your accounts and chart of accounts, or migrates them from your current system. After that, the monthly work is bank and credit card reconciliation, recording income and expenses, tracking fixed assets and depreciation, payroll accounting, and keeping receivables and payables current.
The output is financial statements, a cash flow view with forecasting, and reports built around the numbers you actually look at. See the full bookkeeping and accounting service.
What a Texas business's books have to support
These filings apply across the state. Each is built from the monthly books.
Sales and use tax
Texas assigns each permit holder a monthly, quarterly or yearly filing schedule. Monthly returns are due on the 20th of the month after the reporting month. Quarterly returns are due April 20, July 20, October 20 and January 20. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, sales and use tax.
Franchise tax
The annual franchise tax report is due May 15. The no tax due threshold is $2,650,000 for report years 2026 and 2027. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, franchise tax.
Dates and thresholds come from the linked agencies. Check your own filing schedule with the agency.
Texas city pages
Each city page adds the county filing and the questions owners there ask.