The office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts has announced that “Certificates of Account Status,” which are sometimes referred to as “Certificates of Good Standing” in Texas, will no longer be issued online. These certificates were used to show if a business was up to date on their franchise tax payments. Now, anyone looking for this information will be able to use the comptroller’s website to search for the business and view status information. However, the Franchise Tax Account Status printed from the website will not be accepted at the Secretary of State’s office. For filing purposes, a completed Form 05-359 which is the “Request for Certificate of Account Status,” must be used to receive the necessary account status information. For more information, see the link below.
http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/coasintr.html