To calculate Arkansas sales tax, use our calculator. It takes into account the statewide sales tax rate which is 6.5% for AR, while other sales tax rates (countywide or some local) can be entered by yourself according to the data below.
What is Arkansas sales tax?
Arkansas sales tax rate is currently 6.5%, but it can vary from 6.5% to 12.625% due to local tax rates up to 6.125%. Pay attention, that 6.5% is the sales tax for non-food items. Food and food ingredients are currently taxed at a reduced state sales tax rate which is 1.375% + additional 0.125%.
Check the table below to choose county and local sales tax rates you need.
How to calculate Arkansas sales tax?
AR sales tax is statewide tax rate which is made up of a basic rate plus mandatory local rate. Arkansas sales tax calculator takes into account only statewide tax rate so for more accurate result you should write down the local tax rates (depending on your county/district/city, etc.).
This table might be helpful for using AR sales tax calculator:
| County Name | Maximum Tax Rate | County-wide sales tax rate | Additional local sales taxes |
| Arkansas County | 11% | 1% | Up to 3.5% |
| Ashley County | 11% | 1.5% | Up to 3% |
| Baxter County | 9.875% | 1.25% | Up to 2.125%. |
| Benton County | 9.75% | 1% | Up to 2.25% |
| Boone County | 9.5% | 1.25% | Up to 1.75% |
| Bradley County | 10.5% | 2% | Up to 2% |
| Calhoun County | 10% | 2.5% | Up to 1% |
| Carroll County | 9.375% | 1.25% | Up to 1.625% |
| Chicot County | 10.5% | 2% | Up to 2% |
| Clark County | 10% | 1.5% | Up to 2% |
| Clay County | 10% | 1.5% | Up to 2% |
| Cleburne County | 9.625% | 1.625% | Up to 1.5% |
| Cleveland County | 10.75% | 3.25% | Up to 1% |
| Columbia County | 10.375% | 2% | Up to 1.875% |
| Conway County | 11.25% | 1.75% | Up to 3% |
| Craighead County | 10.5% | 1% | Up to 3% |
| Crawford County | 10.25% | 1.25% | Up to 2.5% |
| Crittenden County | 11.25% | 3% | Up to 1.75% |
| Cross County | 10.5% | 3% | Up to 1% |
| Dallas County | 10% | 2% | Up to 1.5% |
| Desha County | 11% | 1.5% | Up to 3% |
| Drew County | 9.75% | 2.25% | Up to 1% |
| Faulkner County | 9.75% | 0.5% | Up to 2.75% |
| Franklin County | 10.5% | 2% | Up to 2% |
| Fulton County | 11.5% | 3% | Up to 2% |
| Garland County | 9.5% | 3% | 0% |
| Grant County | 9.75% | 2% | Up to 1.25% |
| Greene County | 9.125% | 1.5% | Up to 1.125% |
| Hempstead County | 10% | 2% | Up to 1.5% |
| Hot Spring County | 11% | 1.5% | Up to 3% |
| Howard County | 10.25% | 2.75% | Up to 1% |
| Independence County | 10% | 1.5% | Up to 2% |
| Izard County | 11.5% | 0.5% | Up to 4.5% |
| Jackson County | 10.25% | 2.25% | Up to 1.5% |
| Jefferson County | 10% | 1.25% | Up to 2.25% |
| Johnson County | 9.5% | 1% | Up to 2% |
| Lafayette County | 9.75% | 2.25% | Up to 1% |
| Lawrence County | 11% | 2.5% | Up to 2% |
| Lee County | 9.5% | 1% | Up to 2% |
| Lincoln County | 11.5% | 2% | Up to 3% |
| Little River County | 11.375% | 2.875% | Up to 2% |
| Logan County | 10.5% | 2% | Up to 2% |
| Lonoke County | 11% | 1.5% | Up to 3% |
| Madison County | 10.5% | 2% | Up to 2% |
| Marion County | 10.25% | 1.75% | Up to 2% |
| Miller County | 10.25% | 1.25% | Up to 2.5% |
| Mississippi County | 11% | 2.5% | Up to 2% |
| Monroe County | 9.5% | 1% | Up to 2% |
| Montgomery County | 10.5% | 3% | Up to 1% |
| Nevada County | 9.5% | 2% | Up to 1% |
| Newton County | 9.5% | 1% | Up to 2% |
| Ouachita County | 11% | 2.5% | Up to 2% |
| Perry County | 10.25% | 2.75% | Up to 1% |
| Phillips County | 10.5% | 2% | Up to 2% |
| Pike County | 10% | 2% | Up to 1.5% |
| Poinsett County | 10.5% | 3% | Up to 1% |
| Polk County | 9.5% | 1.75% | Up to 1.25% |
| Pope County | 9.5% | 1% | Up to 2% |
| Prairie County | 11% | 1.5% | Up to 3% |
| Pulaski County | 9.5% | 2.75% | Up to 0.25% |
| Randolph County | 10% | 1.25% | Up to 2.25% |
| Saline County | 10.5% | 1% | Up to 3% |
| Scott County | 9.5% | 2% | Up to 1% |
| Searcy County | 9% | 1.5% | Up to 1% |
| Sebastian County | 11% | 1% | Up to 3.5% |
| Sevier County | 12.625% | 3.125% | Up to 3% |
| Sharp County | 10.875% | 3% | Up to 1.375% |
| St Francis County | 11.5% | 3% | Up to 2% |
| Stone County | 10% | 1.5% | Up to 2% |
| Union County | 9.75% | 2% | Up to 1.25% |
| Van Buren County | 9.625% | 1.5% | Up to 1.625% |
| Washington County | 10.75% | 1.25% | Up to 3% |
| White County | 10.25% | 1.75% | Up to 2% |
| Woodruff County | 9.5% | 2% | Up to 1% |
| Yell County | 9.625% | 1.125% | Up to 2% |
Please note that the calculator helps users for informational purposes only. Exact calculation results may vary by current location and may change over time as the tax rate changes.
More specific AR sales tax rate is established for a specific location. For example: sales tax in Little Rock (Pulaski County) is 8.625%, including all basic Arkansas sales tax rates.
