Texas Comptroller Manual of Accounts - Fiscal 2025
Expenditure Object 7266 – Real Property - Buildings - Maintenance and Repair - Expensed

To record payment for the maintenance and repair of buildings. This code includes labor with or without parts.

This code includes, but is NOT limited to:

• Adding, removing and/or moving of walls relating to renovation projects that are not considered major rehabilitation projects and do not increase the value of the building
• Improvement projects of minimal or no added life expectancy and/or value to the building 
• Maintenance-type interior renovation, such as repainting, touch-up plastering, replacement of carpet, tile, or panel sections; sink and fixture refinishing, etc.
• Maintenance type exterior renovation such as repainting, replacement of deteriorated siding, roof, or masonry sections
• Replacement of a part or component of a building with a new part of the same type and performance capabilities, such as replacement of an old boiler with a new one of the same type and performance capabilities
• A part without labor where the cost is subsequent to acquisition, and the part does not meet the capitalization threshold, and the part is intended to maintain the existing benefit to the building
• Any other maintenance-related expenditure which does not increase the value of the building.

Expenditure code 7266 includes, but is NOT limited to:

This code does NOT include:

• Building improvements that should be capitalized (7343)
• Janitorial or window cleaning services (7277)
• Leasehold Improvements (7354, 7344)
• Maintenance or repair of facilities such as athletic fields, driveways and parking lots (7338)
• Maintenance or repair of infrastructure such as sidewalks, gutters, seawalls and rest areas (7270)