§ 26-82-108 — Collection of tax

(a) (1) (A) In each levying entity in which a local sales and use tax has been levied under this chapter, each seller shall add the tax imposed by the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act of 1941, § 26-52-101 et seq., the Arkansas Compensating Tax Act of 1949, § 26-53-101 et seq., and the tax imposed under this chapter to the sale price of the product or service, and when added, the combined tax shall: (i) Constitute a part of the price; (ii) Be a debt of the purchaser to the seller until paid; and (iii) Be recoverable at law in the same manner as the purchase price. (B) When the sale price in the levying entity involves a fraction of a dollar, the two (2) combined taxes shall be added to the sale price. (C) A seller is entitled to the same discount with respect to tax remitted under this chapter as is authorized for the collection and remission of gross receipts taxes to the state under § 26-52-503 . (2) If the General Assembly or the electors of the state increase or decrease the rate of the state gross receipts tax, the combined rate of the state gross receipts tax and the sales and use tax by the levying entity shall be the sum of the two (2) rates. (b) The local sales and use tax levied under this chapter on new and used motor vehicles shall be collected by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration directly from the purchaser under § 26-52-510 .

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4475, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 2011, No. 828, § 1.