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Pricing construction work in Texas

Texas sales tax on a job depends on whether the contract is new construction or a repair, and eating that tax is the most common way a Texas job loses the margin it was priced with. These guides cover the tax, the bid lists worth being on, and the paperwork that has to exist before you price anything at all.

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Practical guidesWhat an hour costs you in TexasTexas puts four lines on a payroll hour: Social Security, Medicare, FUTA after the state credit, and TWC unemployment on the first $9,000. A $30 hand costs $32.43 before workers comp, which Texas alone makes elective. Includes the billable-hour division and the 1099 crossover.Practical guidesPrice a Texas jobBuild the number from five piles of cost, take margin with the divisor rather than the multiplier, and split the contract under Tex. Tax Code s.151.056 so profit sits in the untaxed labor line. Then price the cash gap the 10 percent statutory reserve opens.Practical guidesBid your own concrete work in TexasTexas licenses electricians and plumbers, not concrete. What actually gates your first bid is a folder: city registration, a certificate with completed operations on it, commercial auto, and the comp decision. Plus the yield table, the pour date cash gap and the subgrade change order that concrete crews argue most.

Count it instead of estimating it

Hourly rate calculatorOverhead, billable days and the wage you want in. The hourly rate that pays for all three.Free, no signup.Markup and margin calculatorAdd twenty percent to your costs and you keep sixteen point seven. Enter one job and see the price, the profit, both percentages, and what the mix-up is worth in dollars.Free, no signup.
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Bidding and prequalification in TexasGetting paid on Texas constructionTexas lien rights and deadlinesFinding construction work in TexasThe Texas electrician licence ladderThe Texas plumbing licence ladderThe Texas trades with no licence to wait forTexas franchise tax for contractors
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