Can disaster victims making purchases with money received from FEMA or Red Cross through a money order or direct deposit in a personal bank account receive an exemption from sales tax or claim a refund of taxes paid on items purchased in Texas with those funds?
Unfortunately, the Texas Tax Code does not contain a provision that exempts purchases made by individuals from funds in personal accounts, even if those funds were given to the individual by an exempt organization. Purchases of taxable items in Texas by an individual do not qualify for an exemption or refund of sales tax unless the individual is donating the items to a qualifying exempt organization for use by that organization.
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