# Texas Franchise Taxpayer Status Check (`nexgenwatch/texas-franchise-taxpayer-status-check`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/texas-franchise-taxpayer-status-check.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGen Watch](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $33.50 / 1,000 franchise status checks

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Texas Franchise Taxpayer Status Check

A per-identity **check**: submit identifiers, get one official answer each. Billed **per completed official answer** — an unresolved, ambiguous, or unavailable outcome is returned but never charged.

### How it behaves

Each taxpayer is resolved against the Texas Comptroller's franchise-tax account-status service. An 11-digit taxpayer number resolves directly; a SOS file number or an exact name is searched and only a **unique** match is followed to the account. A resolved account returns right-to-transact and SOS registration status verbatim and is billed. A name that matches more than one taxpayer returns an ambiguity (refine by taxpayer number) and is not billed; a not-found or a service outage is not billed. The record never claims broader good standing than the Comptroller states.

### What you get

One record per submitted identity. A resolved identity carries the official status fields verbatim; fields the source withholds are honest `null` with a reason. Not-found, ambiguous, and service-unavailable outcomes are distinguished in the `outcome` field and are **not** billed. A run that gets no definitive result at all fails loud and charges nothing.

### Billing

| Event | FREE | BRONZE | SILVER | GOLD+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `apify-actor-start` (one-time actor start) | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 |
| `franchise-status-check` (per completed official answer) | $0.05 | $0.045 | $0.04 | $0.0335 |

Charged once per completed official answer. Invalid / not-found, ambiguous, and service-fault outcomes are emitted but never charged. Start fee $0.02.

### Source

`https://comptroller.texas.gov/data-search/franchise-tax`

# Actor input Schema

## `taxpayers` (type: `array`):

Texas taxpayers to resolve against the Comptroller's franchise-tax account-status service. Each item is an 11-digit taxpayer number (preferred), a SOS file number, or an exact entity name. A resolved taxpayer (right-to-transact + SOS status returned) bills; a not-found or an ambiguous name is emitted but never billed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "taxpayers": [
    "32106582219",
    "DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "taxpayers": [
        "32106582219",
        "DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgenwatch/texas-franchise-taxpayer-status-check").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "taxpayers": [
        "32106582219",
        "DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgenwatch/texas-franchise-taxpayer-status-check").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "taxpayers": [
    "32106582219",
    "DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC"
  ]
}' |
apify call nexgenwatch/texas-franchise-taxpayer-status-check --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nexgenwatch/texas-franchise-taxpayer-status-check"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/7DXNg2x83jUdQJu0s/builds/ej2cNhCvdvc4YwJJT/openapi.json