Sec. 151.057. SERVICES BY EMPLOYEES    


Latest version.
  • The following services are not taxable under this chapter:

    (1) a service performed by an employee for his employer in the regular course of business, within the scope of the employee's duties, and for which the employee is paid his regular wages or salary;

    (2) a service performed by an employee of a temporary employment service as defined by Section 93.001, Labor Code, for an employer to supplement the employer's existing work force on a temporary basis, when the service is normally performed by the employer's own employees, the employer provides all supplies and equipment necessary, and the help is under the direct or general supervision of the employer to whom the help is furnished; or

    (3) a service performed by assigned employees of a staff leasing company, either licensed under Chapter 91, Labor Code, or exempt from the licensing requirements of that chapter, for a client company under a written contract that provides for shared employment responsibilities between the staff leasing company and the client company for the assigned employees, most of whom must have been previously employed by the client company. The comptroller shall prescribe by rule the minimum percentage of assigned employees that must have been previously employed by the client company, the minimum time period the assigned employees must have been employed by the client company prior to the commencement of its contract, and such other criteria as the comptroller may deem necessary to properly implement this section.

Added by Acts 1984, 68th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 31, art. 6, Sec. 9, eff. Oct. 2, 1984. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 254, Sec. 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1040, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1263, Sec. 14, eff. Oct. 1, 2001.