Why this policy exists
Texas Taxes is built for people who need a clear answer before they make a tax, payroll, licensing, accounting or financial decision. Our job is to explain the topic in ordinary language, show the method behind the answer and make it easy to check the underlying evidence.
We publish for readers in the United States; examples, terminology, currency and responsible authorities must match that audience.
This policy applies to every guide, definition, location page, worked example and calculator on the site. It also explains where our work ends.
Our pages provide general educational information. They do not replace advice based on a reader's complete financial, tax, legal or business circumstances.
How a page is researched and reviewed
Each page begins with the decision behind the search, not simply the keyword. We identify what the reader is trying to calculate, compare, file, understand or verify.
The draft must answer that question early and then explain the conditions that could change the answer.
Before publication, the page is checked for five things:
- The main answer matches the question and geographic market.
- Rule-sensitive statements are supported by a responsible primary authority.
- Dates, assumptions, units, currencies and limitations are visible.
- Worked examples can be followed line by line without hidden inputs.
- Internal links lead to genuinely related tools or explanations.
We use structured software checks to find missing citations, inconsistent figures, broken links, stale review dates and incomplete calculator documentation. Those checks support editorial review; they do not turn an unsupported statement into a reliable one.
Our source hierarchy
We prefer the source closest to the rule. That normally means legislation, tax departments, regulators, comptrollers, official form instructions, government datasets and the agency that administers a filing or licence.
For this brand, that normally includes Texas Comptroller sales tax guidance, Texas city sales and use tax rates, Texas franchise tax.
Secondary sources may help us understand how readers describe a problem or where an explanation is confusing. They do not override a current primary authority.
When two official sources appear to conflict, we narrow the claim, explain the uncertainty or hold the page until the discrepancy can be resolved.
Calculators, formulas and examples
A calculator must disclose its inputs, formula, rounding approach, scope and important exclusions. A worked example must separate assumed figures from official rates.
We test ordinary inputs, zero values, boundary cases and invalid entries where the tool supports them. Calculator results are planning estimates unless the page explicitly documents a filing-grade calculation and its complete rule set.
We do not present a result as personalized advice. Readers should confirm current rates and their own treatment with the responsible authority or a qualified professional before filing, registering, purchasing or entering an agreement.
Dates, updates and corrections
Rules can change without the surrounding topic changing. We therefore review date-sensitive pages when an authority publishes a new rate, threshold, form, deadline or procedure.
A visible date describes the material reviewed, not merely the day a page was rebuilt.
When we identify a material error, we correct the answer, calculation, citation or explanation. If the correction changes what a reasonable reader would do, we re-check related pages and calculators so the same error is not repeated elsewhere.
Minor wording and formatting improvements do not alter the underlying editorial conclusion.
Independence, commercial relationships and AI assistance
Coverage decisions are based on reader usefulness, evidence and the site's subject boundaries. If a commercial relationship could reasonably affect how a page is understood, it should be disclosed near that content.
Advertising or referral arrangements may not purchase a factual conclusion, a ranking position in an editorial comparison or the removal of a necessary limitation.
Research and drafting may use software, including language models, to organise evidence or identify gaps. We do not treat generated text as a source.
Claims still require the same evidence, calculator logic still requires deterministic tests and a page can still be blocked from publication when those checks fail.
What readers should expect
Readers should be able to see what the page answers, which assumptions matter, where the information came from and what to verify next. We avoid fabricated experience, invented quotations, unsupported superlatives, false urgency and vague claims that content was reviewed by an unnamed expert.
This editorial policy was reviewed on 16 August 2026.