Payments officially received from Texas (5)
I believe the answer is:
taxes
'payments officially received' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'from texas' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates anagramming the letters (the anagram comes from the same letters).
'texas' with letters rearranged gives 'TAXES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for taxes that I've seen before include "Levies imposed by government" , "Puts great strain on, as Revenue Commissioners do" , "Levies, strains" , "Levies duty" .)