Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

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chief financial officer position state constitutional office

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is the state's chief financial officer responsible for tax collection, revenue estimation, and overseeing the state's treasury and fiscal operations.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Comptroller of Public Accounts of Texas	7
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts canonical	6
Texas Comptroller	2
Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas	1
Texas State Treasurer	1
Treasurer of Texas	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1527728 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Context triple: [Government of Texas, hasOffice, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts]

A. Texas Secretary of State
The Texas Secretary of State is a statewide constitutional officer who serves as the chief elections administrator, keeper of state records, and official liaison for Texas with other governments and businesses.
B. Lieutenant Governor of Texas
The Lieutenant Governor of Texas is a statewide elected official who presides over the Texas Senate and wields significant influence over the state’s legislative agenda and budget.
C. Governor of Texas
The Governor of Texas is the elected chief executive of the U.S. state of Texas, responsible for overseeing the state government, implementing laws, and serving as commander-in-chief of the state’s military forces.
D. Oregon State Treasurer
The Oregon State Treasurer is the elected official responsible for managing the state's finances, investments, and public debt.
E. Government of Texas
The Government of Texas is the state’s political and administrative authority, comprising the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that create and enforce laws for Texas.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Target entity description: The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is the state's chief financial officer responsible for tax collection, revenue estimation, and overseeing the state's treasury and fiscal operations.

A. Texas Secretary of State
The Texas Secretary of State is a statewide constitutional officer who serves as the chief elections administrator, keeper of state records, and official liaison for Texas with other governments and businesses.
B. Lieutenant Governor of Texas
The Lieutenant Governor of Texas is a statewide elected official who presides over the Texas Senate and wields significant influence over the state’s legislative agenda and budget.
C. Governor of Texas
The Governor of Texas is the elected chief executive of the U.S. state of Texas, responsible for overseeing the state government, implementing laws, and serving as commander-in-chief of the state’s military forces.
D. Oregon State Treasurer
The Oregon State Treasurer is the elected official responsible for managing the state's finances, investments, and public debt.
E. Government of Texas
The Government of Texas is the state’s political and administrative authority, comprising the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that create and enforce laws for Texas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chief financial officer position ⓘ state constitutional office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts ⓘ surface form: Texas Comptroller
appliesToJurisdiction	Texas ⓘ surface form: State of Texas
authority	to certify that appropriations are within available revenue ⓘ
category	State treasurers and comptrollers of the United States ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Texas Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electedBy	voters of Texas ⓘ
electionType	statewide partisan election ⓘ
governmentBranch	Executive branch of Texas ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Lyndon B. Johnson State Office Building, Austin, Texas ⓘ
isPartOf	Government of Texas ⓘ surface form: Texas state government
jurisdiction	taxpayers in Texas ⓘ
nativeName	Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas
officeCreatedBy	Texas Legislature ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Texas Comptroller
oversees	Texas state treasury ⓘ state revenue accounting ⓘ state tax administration ⓘ
providedContent	Biennial Revenue Estimate ⓘ
providesTo	Texas Legislature ⓘ
responsibility	administering state tax programs ⓘ administering state transparency and open government financial data portals ⓘ certifying the state budget ⓘ collecting franchise taxes ⓘ collecting sales and use taxes ⓘ collecting various state fees ⓘ enforcing state tax laws ⓘ fiscal oversight of state government ⓘ managing state treasury ⓘ managing unclaimed property program ⓘ monitoring local government finances for certain programs ⓘ preparing revenue forecasts for Texas Legislature ⓘ producing financial reports on state finances ⓘ revenue estimation ⓘ tax collection ⓘ
role	accountant for state government ⓘ chief financial officer of Texas ⓘ chief revenue estimator of Texas ⓘ chief tax collector of Texas ⓘ
seat	Austin ⓘ surface form: Austin, Texas
subjectOf	Texas Tax Code ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
website	https://comptroller.texas.gov/ ⓘ
worksWith	Governor of Texas ⓘ Texas Legislature ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Texas → hasOffice → Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts ⓘ

Kay Bailey Hutchison → positionHeld → Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas State Treasurer

Article IV → definesPowersOf → Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts ⓘ

subject surface form: Article IV of the Texas Constitution