Booneville, AR residents will vote on a 1% sales tax renewal on 18 May 2010.

A special election will be held on 13 April 2010 in which Searcy, AR voters will vote on the levy of an Advertising and tourism promotion tax.

The Piggot Health Care Facilities Board has requested a 1% local sales tax be levied, to fund the local hospital. The request has been backed by the members of the Piggot City Council which were present at the 8 February 2010 meeting. The Council plans to have measure on the 18 May, 2010 primary election ballot.

The Farmington, AR City Council has decided to put a 1% sales tax increase on the ballot in a special election, which has yet to be determined. The sales tax proceeds would go to fund a new baseball complex. Farmington voters defeated a similar sales tax measure to fund a new baseball complex in 2008.

Voters in Sherwood, Arkansas may be asked if they are willing to have a 1% increase in the sales tax for two years. 18 months of the increase would fund a new, larger library, and 6 months would be used to fund an animal shelter. The Central Arkansas Library System is currently taking phone opinion polls and a public forum was held in January 2010.

Voters in Brookland, AR defeated the proposed 2% increase and annexation of 4,600 acres on 8 September 2009.

Voters in Benton, Arkansas will vote on a proposed 0.05% sales tax on 10 November 2009. If approved, the sales tax would become effective 1 April 2011. The sales tax revenue would be used to fund the city’s public safety departments.

On 18 March 2009 Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe signed SB 88, now Act 436 of 2009, into law.  This act will lower the state sales tax on groceries from 3 percent to 2 percent effective 1 July 2009.

SB88 proposing a 1% decrease to the state sales and use tax rate levied on the sale of food and food ingredients is being held up in the house after quickly passing through the Senate.  An element in the hold up is a competing bill filed on 12 February 2009 by Representative Frank Glidewell to reduce this rate to 0.125%.

On 1 April 2009 HB 2202, passed a vote in the house and is now advancing to the Senate.  HB 2202 would create a one day tax exemption for clothing that costs less than $75. If passed the holiday will take place during the first Saturday of August and would recur each year.