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UPDATE: As predicted, state tax revenue took sharp dip in March

As Gov. Asa Hutchinson had warned several days ago, state tax collections in March were sharply below forecast.
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State money: Something is about to hit the fan and it doesn't smell good

Important story appeared inside the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today. A budget shortfall appears likely to hit the state government fan.
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Amazon: Is it collecting sales taxes in Arkansas?

Amazon had said it was going to begin collecting sales taxes in Arkansas on March 1. Did it?

Internet sales tax bill advances

A Senate committee today approved the House-passed bill to require Internet merchants to compile and provide customers with records of their purchases in Arkansas and the sales taxes due even if they don't have physical presences here.
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Bill takes aim at Internet sales — the long way around

Sen. Jake Files, with other co-sponsors, filed his legislation today that is aimed at collecting sales taxes from "remote" sellers — in other words sales by Internet from companies with no physical presence in Arkansas.

Internet sales may not be the whole story on local tax collections

Little Rock thinks its lagging sales tax revenues are the fault of loss of commerce to Internet sales, which are generally untaxed. That's no doubt a factor. But it may not be the only one.
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An angle on collecting sales tax from Amazon, other online sales

The president of the Arkansas Restaurant Association says there is a way to make sure a sales tax is collected from on-line retailers, most recently adopted in Louisiaa. He's working on the idea in Arkansas.

Bentonville police try to tap high-tech devices for murder case clues

Cnet reports on efforts by police to use information from an Amazon Echo smart speaker — which responds to voice commands — to prosecute a murder case against a Bentonville man.
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