§ 26-81-107 - Record of collections -- Deposit with the Treasurer of State. - Arkansas Statutes

26-81-107. Record of collections -- Deposit with the Treasurer of State.

(a) The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall maintain a record of the total amount of tax collected pursuant to this chapter and other subchapters authorizing county sales and use tax in each county and shall deposit all such revenues with the Treasurer of State.

(b) (1) Upon receipt of the funds, the Treasurer of State shall deduct three percent (3%) of the funds as a charge by the state for its services as specified in this chapter and shall credit the three percent (3%) to the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund.

(2) In addition, the Treasurer of State is authorized to retain in the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund an amount not to exceed five percent (5%) of the total amount received from the tax levied by each county, to be used by the Treasurer of State to:

(A) Make remittances to the county for rebates made by the county for taxes, if any, in excess of amounts specified by the particular county ordinances paid by a taxpayer;

(B) Make refunds for overpayment of the taxes; and

(C) Redeem dishonored checks and drafts received and deposited into the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund.

(c) (1) Except as set forth in subsection (d) and (e) of this section, all funds received by the Treasurer of State from the sales tax levied by each county after deducting the three percent (3%) for the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund shall be deposited into the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund and shall be credited to the account of the county in which collected.

(2) (A) The Treasurer of State shall transmit monthly to the county treasurer and to the municipal treasurer of each municipality located in a county levying the tax authorized in this chapter its per capita share of the moneys received by the Treasurer of State from the tax levied by the county and credited to the account of the county in the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund.

(B) The county treasurer of any county that has levied a sales and use tax pursuant to this chapter and that rebates taxes paid in excess of a specified amount shall monthly certify to the Treasurer of State the total amount of rebates paid since the preceding certification, and the Treasurer of State shall remit that amount to the county treasurer from the Local Sales and Use Tax Trust Fund.

(d) (1) Except for revenue collected under subdivision (d)(2) of this section, money collected that is derived from a tax on aviation fuel levied by a county where a regional airport as described by the Regional Airport Act, 14-362-101 et seq., is located shall not be deposited into the State Treasury but shall be deposited as cash funds by the Treasurer of State into a bank or banks designated by the regional airport, subject to the charges by the state for its services as specified in this section.

(2) Revenue derived from a tax on aviation fuel in effect on December 30, 1987, is not subject to this subsection.

(e) Money collected that is derived from a tax on aviation fuel levied by a county that is not dedicated to a specific purpose and may legally be used for any lawful purpose shall not be deposited into the State Treasury but shall be deposited as cash funds by the Treasurer of State into a bank or banks designated by the county and transmitted directly to the publicly owned airport where the aviation fuel was sold, subject to the charges by the state for its services as specified in this section.