Texas Comptroller

What Texas Comptroller does

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is an executive branch state government agency of the State of Texas, established at Texas statehood in 1845 under the Texas Constitution. The agency serves as the state's chief financial officer, overseeing more than $150 billion in annual state government operations, collecting over 100 taxes, fees, and assessments, and processing 42.7 million+ financial transactions annually across 225+ state agencies and higher education institutions. Its operational reach spans 1,200+ municipal governments (for local sales tax collection), 1,800+ local governments (for statewide contracts), and approximately 5,000 users on its enterprise systems.

The agency's core technology platform is the CGI Advantage cloud-based ERP system, awarded via contract in 2025 to replace legacy accounting infrastructure and support approximately 5,000 users across the state enterprise. Complementary systems include Webfile/eSystems for electronic tax filing and payment, TexStats Regional Data Dashboards for economic and demographic data across 12 designated regions, TEXNET for electronic payment processing, the State Tax Automated Research (STAR) system, and the Texas SmartBuy marketplace. In 2025 the agency also launched the Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) voucher program, administered in partnership with Odyssey using a $26–50 million contract.

The Comptroller generates no product revenue; it is funded through state appropriations. Its functional revenue model is tax collection (sales, franchise, motor vehicle), treasury operations, statewide procurement contract administration (serving 200+ agencies and 1,800+ local governments through programs including TXMAS, CMBL, and Texas SmartBuy), and administration of special programs such as TEFA ($1 billion funded), the Unclaimed Property program (ClaimItTexas), Texas College Savings Plans, the Texas Broadband Development Office, the State Energy Conservation Office, and the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council. Customer segments include state agencies and universities, local governments, Texas residents/taxpayers, vendors/contractors, and families seeking private education options.

Name

Texas Comptroller

Legal name

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Website

https://comptroller.texas.gov

Company type

Private

Founded year

1845

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is the State of Texas's chief financial officer, a constitutional agency that manages $150+ billion annually in state funds, collects 100+ taxes and fees, runs statewide procurement for 200+ agencies and 1,800+ local governments, and operates tax filing, treasury, education savings, and unclaimed property programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Financial Administration

NAICS

Public Finance Activities (921130), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Administration of Economic Programs (9261)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Revenue Systems, E-Filing & Digital Tax Administration (BPAIADAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Government Accounting & Financial Reporting (BPAIAEAD), State/Provincial Taxation & Revenue Administration (BPAIABAD), Municipal Tax & Revenue Administration (Local) (BPAIACAD), Taxpayer Registration, Identity & Account Management (BPAIADAB), Government & Public Sector ACH (Tax, Benefits, Collections) (FSAMAGAH)

Keywords

• State tax administration
• Public finance management
• Government procurement services
• Unclaimed property services
• Education savings programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is the chief financial office of the State of Texas, administering tax collection, treasury operations, statewide accounting, cooperative procurement, unclaimed property recovery, and education savings programs. The agency manages more than $150 billion in state funds annually and serves state agencies, local governments, vendors, and Texas taxpayers through proprietary digital platforms including Webfile, TexStats, TEFA, ClaimItTexas, and Texas SmartBuy.

Product overview

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts operates as the state's chief financial officer managing the $150+ billion-a-year enterprise of Texas state government. The agency functions as an integrated platform of government services organized into five core functions: Tax Collection (collecting 100 taxes, fees and assessments including sales tax, franchise tax, motor vehicle taxes, and property tax assistance through Webfile/eSystems), Revenue & Financial Management (state accounting, auditing, cash management, and the new CGI Advantage ERP system replacing legacy infrastructure), Statewide Procurement (managing contracts through the Statewide Procurement Division including TXMAS, Texas SmartBuy, CMBL vendor registry, and VetHUB programs serving 200+ state agencies and 1,800+ local governments), Education Programs (Texas Education Freedom Accounts voucher program administered with technology partner Odyssey, Texas College Savings Plans, and tuition promise programs), and Transparency/Data Services (TexStats Regional Data Dashboards, unclaimed property search via ClaimItTexas, and open data tools). Additional programs include Texas Broadband Development Office, State Energy Conservation Office, opioid settlement administration, and treasury operations including the Texas Bullion Depository.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TexStats: Interactive data dashboard providing public access to economic, demographic, and trade data across Texas's 12 designated economic regions.
• Webfile
• Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA)
• ClaimItTexas

Products and services

• Webfile
• Texas SmartBuy
• Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA)
• ClaimItTexas
• Texas Payments
• TexStats
• Statewide Treasury and Accounting Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Oversees $150+ billion in annual state government spending
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• OdysseycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 October 2025New York-based tech company selected to administer the Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) school voucher program. Odyssey handles parent applications, verifies eligibility, issues payments to approved providers, and reviews complaints. The company won the contract with a bid of $26 million over two years, beating competitors' proposals of $40-50 million. Currently manages voucher programs in four other states and has processed $1.1 billion for approximately 235,000 students.
• CGIcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 August 2025Management and technology consulting firm awarded contract to implement a new cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system based on the CGI Advantage platform. The system replaces Texas' legacy accounting infrastructure and processes more than 42.7 million transactions annually across 225 state agencies and higher education institutions, supporting approximately 5,000 users.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• California Department of Finance: Handles California's statewide budget, financial reporting, and economic forecasting — analogous to the Texas Comptroller's public-finance, treasury, and financial-reporting responsibilities beyond tax administration.
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS): Federal tax authority performing tax administration, e-filing, refunds, and taxpayer account management at a much larger scale — comparable in function (tax collection, processing, compliance) though operating at federal rather than state level.

Direct peers

• California Franchise Tax Board: California's state income and corporate tax agency with comparable tax-administration scale, e-filing systems, and statutory authority over a large state economy — the closest functional peer to the Texas Comptroller's tax-and-revenue mandate.
• New York State Department of Taxation and Finance: Operates New York's state tax collection, online filing, and revenue-administration systems; functionally comparable to the Texas Comptroller's tax-administration, e-filing (Webfile analog), and revenue-oversight responsibilities for a top-tier state economy.
• Office of the New York State Comptroller: Performs statewide accounting, treasury management, pension oversight, and local-government financial reporting for New York — closely parallels the Texas Comptroller's chief financial officer, treasury, and ACFR-style reporting functions.
• Florida Department of Revenue: Florida's centralized revenue agency covering sales tax, corporate income tax, and property tax oversight — closely comparable to Texas Comptroller's role as a non-income-tax-heavy revenue administrator with strong e-filing infrastructure.

Others

• NASPO (National Association of State Procurement Officials): Cooperative organization representing state procurement officials across the U.S.; comparable to the Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division in mandate, but functions as an association rather than an operating agency.
• CGI Group: IT consulting and systems integrator that built and operates the CGI Advantage ERP platform for the Texas Comptroller; directly relevant as the technology backbone of the agency's core financial systems and a useful peer for technology-stack benchmarking.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/txcomptroller
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/txcomptroller
• Facebookfacebook.com/txcomptroller
• Instagraminstagram.com/txcomptroller

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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