Don't kid yourself, Texas soaks the oil companies pretty good, too. Where do you think their rainy day fund comes from?
They have a lot of fees for sure.
Taxes and Fees
911 Emergency Service Fee
911 Equalization Surcharge
911 Prepaid Wireless Emergency Service Fee
911 Wireless Emergency Service Fee
Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority (ABTPA) Assessment
Automotive Oil Sales Fee
Bank Franchise
Battery Sales Fee
Boat & Boat Motor
Cement Production
Cigarette
Cigar, Tobacco Products
Cigarette/Tobacco Advertising Fee
Coastal Protection
Coin-Operated Machines Tax
Controlled Substances
Crude Oil
Diesel Fuels
Fireworks
Franchise
Gasoline
Hotel
Inheritance
Insurance Maintenance Tax - Workers' Compensation Research
Insurance Maintenance Taxes - Texas Department of Insurance
Insurance Maintenance Tax - Division of Workers Compensation/Office of Injured Employees Counsel
Insurance Premium Tax - Independently Procured
Insurance Premium Tax - Licensed Insurers
Insurance Premium Tax - Surplus Lines/Purchasing Groups
Insurance Premium Tax - Unauthorized Insurance
International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA)
Liquefied Gas
Loan Administration Fee
Local Property
Local Sales & Use
Manufactured Housing
Miscellaneous Gross Receipts
Mixed Beverage Tax
Motor Fuels Transporters
Motor Vehicle - Gross Rental Receipts
Motor Vehicle - Local Sports and Community Venue Sales and Use
Motor Vehicle - Sales and Use
Motor Vehicle - Seller-Financed Sales
Motor Vehicle - Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) Registration Surcharge
Motor Vehicle - Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) Surcharge
Natural Gas
Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) Assessment
Oil & Gas Well Servicing
Oyster Sales Fee
Pari-Mutuel
Petroleum Products Delivery Fee
Property Tax
Public Utility Gross Receipts Assessment
Retail Charge Account Delinquency Fee
Retaliatory Tax
Sales & Use
School Fund Benefit
Sexually Oriented Business Fee
Sulphur
Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) - Off Road Heavy Duty Diesel Equipment Surcharge
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund (Repealed)
Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Fund Assessment
Texas Taxes
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No income tax but they get every other way they can. It looks like the best way to be a Texas is to live in the state, not own property, and not really be a Texas... Just get your license and everything else in a different state.