ARKANSAS
HAS SECOND HIGHEST
INCOME
TAX RATE IN REGION
(December 2017) Arkansas' top income tax
rate (6.9%)1
is the second-highest in the 12-state southeast region,2 trailing only South
Carolina (7.0%), according to the Federation of State Tax Administrators.3 The organization serves the principal tax
collection agencies of the 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Philadelphia, and New York.4
| South Carolina | 7.0% |
| Arkansas | 6.9% |
| West Virginia | 6.5% |
| Georgia | 6.0% |
| Louisiana | 6.0% |
| Kentucky | 6.0% |
| Virginia | 5.75% |
| North Carolina | 5.49% |
| Alabama | 5.0% |
| Mississippi | 5.0% |
| Florida | 0.0% |
| Tennessee | 0.0% |
Arkansas also has the highest rate among
the states that border it.
Arkansas 6.9% Louisiana 6.0% Missouri 6.0% Mississippi 5.0% Oklahoma 5.0% Tennessee 0.0% Texas 0.0%
--Greg Kaza
1 Arkansas' top rate starts at $75,000 in
annual income.
2 The
median rate for the region is 5.875%.
The average rate is 4.97%.
3 https://www.taxadmin.org/current-tax-rates
4 https://www.taxadmin.org/about-fta The organization was founded in 1937.