by - September 4, 2019 5:04 pm
Arkansas tax collections improved substantially in August as individual income and sales tax revenue came in well above forecast and pushed year-to-date net available funds for government spending near the…
by - May 2, 2019 6:24 pm
Arkansas budget coffers overflowed in April with nearly a billion dollars in record gross revenue collections with two months remaining in the fiscal year, state Department of Finance & Administration…
by - October 2, 2018 11:30 am
State budget coffers were brimming headed into October and the early holiday shopping season as tax collections in all major revenue categories were ahead of forecast, the Arkansas Department of…
by - August 2, 2018 12:35 pm
Arkansas budget coffers were flush with new revenue entering fiscal year 2019 as strong sales tax collections and rise in car purchases reflected near across-the-board growth in most segments of…
by - July 5, 2016 12:37 pm
State tax coffers ended fiscal year 2016 with a robust $177 million surplus, confirming Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s recent assessment that Arkansas government would close out the year with enough to…
by - June 2, 2016 10:21 am
A one-time multimillion dollar court settlement over a sales tax refund issue left monthly tax collections short of expectations with only one month left for Arkansas to close the books…
by - May 3, 2016 9:19 am
A busy April tax season pushed Arkansas collections well above forecast as net available revenue in state coffers topped $110 million with only two months left in the fiscal year….
by - April 4, 2016 11:08 am
State revenue collections continued to grow at a double-digit clip in March as sales tax income came in above forecast and Arkansas individual and corporate taxpayers received fewer refunds ahead…
by - February 2, 2016 2:44 pm
The state Department of Finance and Administration said Tuesday (Feb. 2) that net available revenues are expected to reach $5.33 billion in fiscal year 2017, an increase of $106.8 million…
by - February 2, 2016 11:23 am
Arkansas tax collections in January for both gross and net available revenue came in well above year-ago levels as results exceeded forecast in all major categories, and were further boosted…
by - November 3, 2015 12:42 pm
The October Arkansas tax revenue report shows a 1% gain in overall collections, but a healthy increase in fiscal year-to-date sales and use tax revenue which is a signal of…
by - October 2, 2015 1:03 pm
Arkansas revenue collections hit a minor blip in September as general tax revenues were slightly below a year ago, but Arkansas is still in good stead with tax coffers up…
by - August 4, 2015 11:05 am
Total Arkansas tax revenue during the first month of the new fiscal year (July 2015-June 2016) was $466.8 million, down 0.8% compared to July 2014 but 1% above the budget…
by - July 15, 2015 10:30 pm
Recapitalizing the Governor’s Quick Action Closing Fund, moving money into a rainy day fund and creating a state “jobs” program by directing money to short-term highway projects are just a…
by - July 2, 2015 7:11 pm
Arkansas’ fiscal year certainly ended on a positive note with a $191.6 million surplus thanks to total collections of $6.47 billion, up 3.7% compared to the previous fiscal year and…
by - June 2, 2015 11:17 am
Arkansas’ May tax revenue report is the second consecutive months of more than 4% gains in sales and use tax collections, which is an indication of improving consumer confidence. Overall,…
by - May 4, 2015 1:52 pm
Arkansas tax collections are up $172 million during the first 10 months of the fiscal year. That 3.3% gain over the same period in the previous fiscal year comes courtesy…
by - April 2, 2015 2:48 pm
State revenues fell below projections in the March report, a dip caused by sales tax and individual income tax collections that did not meet expectations due to wintry weather that…
by - March 3, 2015 1:02 pm
Tax revenue in Arkansas remains positive through the first eight months of the fiscal year, with higher than expected sales and use tax collections and lower than expected income tax…
by - January 5, 2015 5:40 pm
Arkansas tax collections for the first half of the fiscal year are 2.6% above the same period last year, but December collections were up just 1.7% because of income tax…
