by - January 24, 2017 5:56 pm
Craighead County and its seat, Jonesboro, set all-time sales tax collection records in 2016. The trend accelerated during the first month in 2017, according to the city and county. Jonesboro…
by - June 25, 2015 1:19 pm
Continued growth in Fort Smith and Sebastian County sales tax revenue may take some of the budget pressure off a Fort Smith Board of Directors that is struggling to find…
by - July 25, 2014 5:30 pm
Sales Tax DataLINK of Bentonville received a new patent for sales tax software that is titled: “System and Method for Tax Filing, Data Processing, Data Verification and Reconciliation.” “Sales tax…
by - February 4, 2013 11:40 am
Consumer spending in Arkansas is trending almost flat, but overall Arkansas tax collections for the first seven months of the fiscal year totals $3.409 billion, or 3.7% higher than the…
by - September 24, 2012 5:24 pm
Fort Smith sales tax collections and the city’s share of the 1% countywide sales tax both posted the largest year-over-year declines in the city’s August report. The report indicates a…
by - August 23, 2012 6:50 pm
Much like the national economy, Northwest Arkansas consumers slowed their spending in June. After several months of positive sales tax growth, four of the five largest commercial districts in the…
by - June 22, 2012 4:06 pm
Northwest Arkansas businesses collected 4.4% more in sales tax during April which returned $4.265 million to the region’s five largest retail markets in June, according to the Arkansas Department of…
by - May 23, 2012 1:50 pm
Cities across Northwest Arkansas continue to report strong sales tax collections in May, according to a report from the Arkansas Department of Finance earlier this week. Among the region’s five…
by - April 19, 2012 2:57 pm
When House Revenue and Tax Chairman Rep. Davy Carter, R-Cabot, proposed a complete review of the Arkansas tax code, he may not have known what a history lesson he asked…
by - March 20, 2012 8:38 pm
Fort Smith city directors voted Tuesday night (Mar. 20) to authorize the offering of sales tax bonds that were approved by voters in last Tuesday’s (Mar. 13) special election. The…
by - March 13, 2012 9:30 pm
Following an overwhelming rejection by voters of the 1% prepared food tax in November, city officials bounced back with voter approval of a broad package of infrastructure and recreational improvements…
by - March 6, 2012 3:30 pm
On March 13, Fort Smith voters will consider the extended use of a 1% sales tax that will refinance bonds, pay for the issuance of new bonds and support operations…
by - February 29, 2012 2:04 pm
Sales tax collections in Fort Smith during 2011 were up 3.9%, and the city’s portion of the countywide sales tax was up 1.77% for the year, with the increases ending…
by - February 29, 2012 11:59 am
Area retail businesses posted a 9.41% uptick in January sales tax collections among region’s five largest retail centers. The healthy increase from the prior-year period is linked to a trickled-…
by - February 2, 2012 3:30 pm
Retail businesses across Benton and Washington counties are seeing a little more traffic with a 5.27% increase in sales tax collections during January when compared to the prior year. The…
by - January 26, 2012 6:43 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, said his experience as mayor of Rogers was the driving motivation for his support and sponsorship of a bill that aims to make online retailers…
