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Arkansas Code Title 26. Taxation § 26-51-920. Casinos--Withholding and reporting

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) A casino operating under the authority of The Arkansas Casino Gaming Amendment of 2018, Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 100, that is required to make a return under 26 U.S.C. § 6041, as in effect on January 1, 2021, with respect to the payment of gambling winnings to a person shall also file a report with the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration that contains the same information and is filed in the same manner as required for the return filed under 26 U.S.C. § 6041, as in effect on January 1, 2021.

(2)(A) The report required under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be filed electronically with the secretary on or before January 31 of each year for the preceding calendar year.

(B) The secretary shall provide a method for casinos to file the report required under subdivision (a)(1) of this section electronically.

(b)(1) A casino operating under the authority of The Arkansas Casino Gaming Amendment of 2018, Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 100, and making payments of gambling winnings that are subject either to withholding or backup withholding under 26 U.S.C. § 3402, as in effect on January 1, 2021, or 26 U.S.C. § 3406, as in effect on January 1, 2021, shall also withhold Arkansas income tax on the same payments of gambling winnings.

(2) Arkansas income tax shall be withheld from the payment of gambling winnings under subdivision (b)(1) of this section at the rate of five and nine-tenths percent (5.9%) or the highest income tax rate imposed on individual taxpayers under § 26-51-201, whichever is less.

(3)(A) The amounts withheld by a casino under this subsection shall be remitted to the secretary electronically on or before the fifteenth day of the month following payment of the gambling winnings by the casino.

(B) The secretary shall provide a method for casinos to report and pay amounts withheld under this subsection to the secretary electronically.

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