United States: Texas Ends Sales Tax on Medical Records Systems

• Texas Comptroller Don Huffines signed an executive order to eliminate sales tax on medical records and the systems used to access them.
• The change reclassifies electronic health record (EHR) systems, electronic medical record (EMR) systems, patient portals, and similar healthcare technology as non-taxable, rather than taxable information or data processing services.
• The stated rationale is that doctors and patients were being taxed merely for accessing or sharing medical information, which the Comptroller says was never intended under the Tax Code.
• The agency will propose an amendment to Rule 3.342, then file it with the Texas Secretary of State and publish it in the Texas Register for a 30-day public comment period.

Source: comptroller.texas.gov

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.

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