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The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is an executive branch position created by the Texas Constitution. The primary duty of the comptroller's office is to collect substantially all tax revenue owed to the State of Texas. Texas imposes a 6.25 percent state sales and use tax on all retail sales, leases and rentals of most goods, as well as taxable services. Local taxing jurisdictions (cities, counties, special purpose districts and transit authorities) can also impose up to 2 percent sales and use tax for a maximum combined rate of 8.25 percent. The Texas franchise tax is a privilege tax imposed on each taxable entity formed or organized in Texas or doing business in Texas.

This dataset includes all current taxpayers registered with the Texas Comptroller's office, including sales tax permit holders and locations, franchise tax permit holders, cigarette and tobacco retailer, non-retailer and manufacturer permit holders, tax-exempt entities, international fuel tax agreement taxpayers, direct pay permit holders, maquiladora-export permit holders, agriculture and timber exemptoin registrations, coin-operated amusement machine taxpayers, interstate truckers, as well as taxpayer returns and beverage gross receipts. The information for each taxpayer includes taxpayer number, business name, outlet name, outlet address, mailing address, permit issue date, first sales date, etc.

The Texas Open Data Portal is the official State of Texas repository for publicly accessible open data published by state agencies and institutions of higher education. As a public resource, open data offers economic, performance, and social value. It offers private business a way to better understand potential markets and integrate government data into new, more innovative products and services, increases government transparency and accountability to its citizens, and improves the quality and efficiency of government services by allowing citizens and policy makers to make more informed data-driven decisions.