(a) A resale certificate must be substantially in the form prescribed by the comptroller.
(b) A resale certificate must:
(1) be signed by the purchaser or contain an electronic form of the purchaser’s signature authorized by the comptroller and contain the purchaser’s name and address;
(2) state the purchaser’s tax permit number or that the purchaser’s application for a tax permit is pending before the comptroller; and
(3) contain a description of the tangible personal property sold, leased, or rented by the purchaser in the regular course of business or transferred as an integral part of a taxable service performed in the regular course of business.

Terms Used In Texas Tax Code 151.152

  • Comptroller: means the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. See Texas Tax Code 1.04
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Signature: includes the mark of a person unable to write, and "subscribe" includes the making of such a mark. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(c) A resale certificate from a person engaged in business in the United Mexican States reselling the taxable item in the United Mexican States, in addition to the information required in Subsection (b), must provide:
(1) the purchaser’s United Mexican States federal identification number; and
(2) any other information required by the comptroller.