§ 26-74-412 - Maximum tax limitation. - Arkansas Statutes

26-74-412. Maximum tax limitation.

(a) (1) (A) Any county general sales or use tax levied pursuant to this subchapter shall be levied and collected only on the first two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) of gross receipts, gross proceeds, or sales price on the sale of a:

(i) Motor vehicle;

(ii) Aircraft;

(iii) Watercraft;

(iv) Modular home;

(v) Manufactured home; or

(vi) Mobile home.

(B) A vendor shall be responsible for collecting and remitting the tax only on the first two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) of gross receipts, gross proceeds, or sales price on the sale of a:

(i) Motor vehicle;

(ii) Aircraft;

(iii) Watercraft;

(iv) Modular home;

(v) Manufactured home; or

(vi) Mobile home.

(2) A vendor collecting, reporting, and remitting the county sales or use taxes shall show county sales taxes as a separate entry on the tax report form filed with the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration.

(b) (1) In the case of any taxpayer not subject to the levy of a use tax on tangible personal property or taxable services brought into the State of Arkansas for storage until such property is subsequently initially used in the State of Arkansas, a county use tax shall be computed on each purchase of such property and services by the taxpayer as if all the property was subject upon purchase to the county use tax up to the first two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) of gross receipts, gross proceeds, or sales price on the sale of a:

(A) Motor vehicle;

(B) Aircraft;

(C) Watercraft;

(D) Modular home;

(E) Manufactured home; or

(F) Mobile home.

(2) The taxes so computed shall be aggregated on a monthly basis, and the aggregate monthly amount shall be divided by the sum of the total purchases of such property on which the taxes are computed, and the quotient shall be multiplied by the amount of the taxpayer's property subsequently initially used and subject to levy of a use tax within the county during the month for which the monthly aggregate tax figure was computed, and the product shall be the amount of county use tax liability for the taxpayer for the month computed.