Arkansas: what the state takes
Arkansas charges its own income tax on top of federal tax. Here is the rate, the return, the date and where the official rules live.
Agency page last read 11 September 2026.
State rate
Banded
2025 Arkansas bands, top rate 3.9%, standard deduction 2,410 single and 4,820 joint
Resident return
Form AR1000F
Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
Due
15 April, following the federal deadline
Weekends and holidays can push it on
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Yearly income
How you file
Arkansas tax
$2,706
Top state rate you touch
3.9%
- Kept before federal tax$58,442
- Federal income tax$13,852
- Arkansas tax$2,706
Band by band
State deduction taken off first: $2,410. Taxed amount: $72,590.
- $0 to $4,500 at 2%$90
- $4,500 to $8,900 at 3%$132
- $8,900 to above at 3.9%$2,484
Filing in Arkansas
- Who collects it
- Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
- Return
- Form AR1000F
- Deadline
- Usually 15 April, following the federal deadline
Federal comes on top
Whatever your state does, the IRS wants Form 1040 by 15 April, plus Social Security and Medicare through your wages or self employment tax. State tax paid can sometimes be deducted federally if you itemise, within a yearly cap.