Tax Strategy, CFO Insights & NIL Finance for Founders and Athletes

The cost to reinstate a forfeited Texas business depends on how many years of filings are missing, whether any franchise tax is owed, and whether the Secretary of State is also involved. Most businesses with zero tax owed pay only the flat $50 late filing penalty per report plus the Aureus service fee. Here are the real numbers for every scenario in 2026.

Texas requires a franchise tax filing every May 15 even when your business owes zero tax. Miss it and penalties start, then notices, then forfeiture. Here is every missing report year mapped to its correct forms including the 2024 rule change that eliminated the No Tax Due Report, the full penalty table, and the reinstatement sequence in exact order.