Ark. Code § 26-82-113

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 26-82-113 - Trust funds - Administration
(a)
(1)
(A) Money reported as local sales and use taxes that was collected in local taxing jurisdictions that is not immediately identifiable and money collected in local jurisdictions that do not have a local sales and use tax shall be deposited into the Identification Pending Trust Fund for Local Sales and Use Taxes.
(B) When a local tax jurisdiction is identified for money that has been deposited into the Identification Pending Trust Fund for Local Sales and Use Taxes, the money shall be transferred to the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund.
(C) If the total amount in the Identification Pending Trust Fund for Local Sales and Use Taxes exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the Treasurer of State shall transfer any amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to general revenues.
(2)
(A)
(i) Money reported as local sales and use taxes that was collected by an out-of-state vendor and that is not identifiable shall be deposited into the Identification Pending Trust Fund for Local Sales and Use Taxes.
(ii) Any funds deposited under subdivision (a)(2)(A)(i) of this section shall not be included for computation of transfer to general revenue in subdivision (a)(1) of this section.
(B) The Treasurer of State shall distribute unidentified local sales and use taxes collected by out-of-state vendors to the county treasurers and city treasurers as determined by their proportionate share of distribution from the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund on a monthly basis.
(b)
(1) The Treasurer of State shall review the flow of moneys through the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of estimating the amount of the moneys that may be surplus to the immediate requirements of the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund.
(2)
(A) After making an estimate under subdivision (b)(1) of this section, the Treasurer of State shall invest the estimated surplus amount in certificates of deposit issued by any financial institution located in the state.
(B) All interest income derived from the certificates of deposit shall be credited as trust fund income to the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund.
(3) The Treasurer of State shall transmit monthly to the county treasurers and city treasurers their proportionate share of the interest derived from the investment of the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund under this subsection.

Ark. Code § 26-82-113

Amended by Act 2013, No. 1135,§ 20, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 2011, No. 828, § 1.