Title 26 — Taxation

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Acquired”, when used in reference to the severance tax on timber, means the time when timber is first weighed or measured by a primary processor after severance;(2) “Completion” or “completed” means the act of making a well capable of producing…

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect, amend, or repeal § 15-71-101 et seq. and § 15-72-101 et seq.

Payment of the severance tax shall not affect the liability of the producers for all state, county, municipal, district, and special taxes upon their real and other corporeal property.

(a) The tax levied in this subchapter is a “state tax” as that term is defined in the Arkansas Tax Procedure Act, § 26-18-101 et seq. (b) The provisions of the Arkansas Tax Procedure Act, § 26-18-101 et seq., shall so far as practicable be applicable to the tax levied by this sub…

The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration with the advice and approval of the Arkansas Forestry Commission shall develop and adopt appropriate rules and forms to carry out the intent and purposes of this subchapter with respect to severance taxes on timber.

(a) (1) Any individual or firm desiring to engage in the business of severing natural resources or timber before entering the business shall make application to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration for a license or permit.(2) In a form of application to b…

(a) There is levied and there shall be collected from each producer of natural resources and each producer of timber in the State of Arkansas, a privilege or license tax to be known as “severance tax”. (b) The severance tax is to be paid to the Secretary of the Department of Fina…

The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to nor shall any severance tax be required of or collected from an individual who occasionally severs natural resources or timber from his or her own premises to be utilized by him or her in the construction, repair, or maintenanc…

The severance tax imposed by this subchapter is in addition to the general property tax.

No other privilege or excise taxes in addition to the severance tax shall be imposed upon the right to utilize natural resources and timber.

(1) The severance tax is to be predicated upon the quantity severed and at the following rates:(1) On barite, bauxite, titanium ore, manganese and manganiferous ores, zinc ore, and cinnabar, fifteen cents (15¢) per ton of two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.);(2) On coal, lignite, and…

(a) In addition to the tax levied by § 26-58-107, there is levied an additional severance tax on coal in the amount of eight cents (8¢) per ton of two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.). The additional tax shall be collected in the same manner as prescribed by this subchapter. (b) The …

(a) There is levied and there shall be collected from each producer of the following natural resources in this state an additional privilege or license tax to be known as an additional severance tax. (b) The additional severance tax is to be paid to the Secretary of the Departmen…

(a) (1) Each producer of natural resources, excluding natural gas, and each primary processor of timber, whether or not he or she shall have actually severed natural resources, excluding natural gas, or processed timber during the preceding month, shall file a report within twent…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the report required by § 26-58-114 shall be filed and the payment of the severance tax shall be made by the producer actually severing the natural resources whether as owner, lessee, concessionaire, or contractor and, in the ca…

(a) Unless a purchaser of natural resources, excluding natural gas, is excused in writing by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration in advance of the report filing deadline from filing a report, a purchaser of natural resources, excluding natural gas, shall…

(a) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 26-58-114 and 26-58-116, either the producer or severer of natural resources, excluding natural gas, or the purchaser of natural resources, excluding natural gas, shall report and pay severance taxes thereon as required in §§ 26-58-114…

(a) All transporters of natural resources, save and except only pipeline transporters, whenever and as often as requested by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall furnish a report under oath and upon forms prescribed by secretary setting forth:(1) Th…

(a) (1) In the event any producer or purchaser of natural resources or any primary processor of timber fails within the time provided for in this subchapter to file the verified reports required of them respectively, or in the event that the Secretary of the Department of Finance…

(a) (1) The Arkansas Forestry Commission and the authorized representatives of the commission shall have access to all tax returns and other information and records of the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration related to the reporting and payment of taxes levi…

The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is directed to release any and all information requested by the Arkansas Forestry Commission which is related to the collection of timber severance taxes. This information shall include, but not be limited to, names, a…

(a) (1) In the event that the Arkansas Forestry Commission determines that any individual or corporation has failed to pay all severance taxes due to the commission, the commission shall certify the commission's findings to the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Ad…

The State of Arkansas shall have a lien for the taxes, penalties, and costs imposed by this subchapter upon any and all natural resources and timber severed from the soil or water and also upon any wells, machinery, tools, and implements used in severing such resources, and upon …

(a) All taxes, penalties, and costs collected by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration under the provisions of this subchapter, except for the taxes, penalties, and costs collected on natural gas and salt water, shall be deposited into the State Treasury t…

Of the fee levied per one thousand (1,000) barrels in § 26-58-111(9), forty-five cents (45¢) shall be deposited into the State Treasury as special revenues, and the Treasurer of State shall credit the amount thereof to the Oil and Gas Commission Fund.

(a) The rate of the severance tax on lead ore shall be fifteen cents (15¢) per ton of two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.) or at ten percent (10%) of market value, whichever rate is the greater. (b) The severance tax rate for lead ore under this section shall be in lieu of any rate w…

(a) (1) The one-and-one-half-percent severance tax rate on new discovery gas shall apply to the first twenty-four (24) consecutive calendar months beginning on the date of first production from the new discovery gas well, regardless of whether production commenced prior to Januar…

(a) The producer of a proposed or existing gas well may apply at any time to the Director of the Oil and Gas Commission for a determination that the well qualifies as a new discovery gas well, a high-cost gas well, or a marginal gas well. (b) The director may require an applicant…

(a) The severance tax on natural gas shall be paid in the manner provided in this chapter. (b) The portion of the severance tax that is required to be deducted from the royalty owner or other interest shall be calculated in the same manner as the portion of the severance tax born…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Approved underground saltwater disposal system” means a system or systems of reinjection of salt water produced as a result of oil or natural gas production into an underground level or stratum, as approved by the Arkansas Pollution Control…

(a) The benefits of the provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to the severance tax due or payable on oil or natural gas produced from nonsaltwater-producing wells in this state. (b) The benefits of the provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to any underground saltw…

Any person violating the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. A convicted offender shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or be imprisoned not less than thirty (30) days nor m…

An oil producer in this state who provides for the disposition of salt water produced in the production of oil from oil wells of the oil producer in this state by means of an approved underground saltwater disposal system shall be allowed a severance tax credit on all oil produce…

A natural gas producer charged with the responsibility of reporting and paying the severance tax on natural gas who provides for the disposal of salt water produced in the production of natural gas by means of an approved underground saltwater disposal system is allowed a severan…

(a) A producer in this state wishing to obtain the benefits of the provisions of this subchapter shall make application to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration for a permit to obtain credit on severance taxes due on all oil or natural gas produced in salt…

A.C.A. § 26-58-207Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) A producer is entitled to an annual severance tax credit that is calculated based upon the cost, as defined in § 26-58-209, of the producer in maintaining an approved underground saltwater disposal system during the calendar year for which the severance tax credit is approved…

(1) The cost of a producer in maintaining an approved underground saltwater disposal system for the purposes of this subchapter shall include the following:(1) An allowance, to be spread equally over each severance tax reporting period, for depreciation of the actual cash investm…

A producer obtaining the benefits of the provisions of this subchapter shall maintain for a period of not less than three (3) years such records as may be required by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration that may be necessary to justify the cost credits a…

A.C.A. § 26-58-211Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) (1) In addition to the severance tax on oil produced in the State of Arkansas and levied in § 26-58-111(6), there is levied an additional tax of five (5) mills per barrel of oil produced in this state.(2) All taxes, interest, and penalties collected by the Revenue Division of…

(a) (1) There is levied a tax of two cents (2¢) per barrel of oil produced in this state.(2) The taxes shall be reported and paid monthly to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration by each producer of oil in such manner and upon such forms as the secretary s…

(a) (1) There is levied a fee of twenty (20) mills on each barrel of oil produced in this state.(2) The fee shall be reported and paid monthly to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration by each producer of oil in such manner and upon such forms as the secret…