Tax Department Tip of the Month

Tax Tip for August, 2008

Texas Minimum Wage Increase

Section 62.051 of the Texas Minimum Wage Act automatically adopts the federal minimum wage as the Texas minimum wage. Federal law raised the federal minimum wage from $5.85 to $6.55 effective July 24th, 2008.

For a summary of the Texas Minimum Wage Act, please visit http://www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/lablaw/tmwsum.html.

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