The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration recently announced its quarterly local sales and use tax rate changes, effective July 1, 2026. The local county sales tax rate has decreased in Cross County to 2.125% and in Jackson County to 1.875%. At the city level, the local sales tax rate increased in El Dorado to 1.75% and in Van Buren to 2.5%. Arkansas has also enacted new local city sales taxes in Chester and Perry, both at 1%. These rates apply in addition to the state’s 6.5% sales tax. For more information on the announcement of the quarterly local tax rate changes in Arkansas click here.
Arkansas July 2026 Local Rate Changes
Erik Wallin
June 16, 2026
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Erik Wallin
Erik Wallin is a Senior Tax Counsel on the Tax Research Team at Sovos Compliance. Erik has been with Sovos Compliance since 2011, and his main areas of focus are on U.S. Transaction Tax Law which includes special expertise in the taxation of technology and the taxation mechanisms that apply throughout the Colorado home rule jurisdictions. Erik is a member of the Massachusetts Bar, has a B.A. from York College of Pennsylvania, a J.D. from New England School of Law, and an LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University.
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