Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law. *JLL316* 03/18/2025 1:18:00 PM JLL316 State of Arkansas 1 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 502 3 4 By: Senator Crowell 5 By: Representative Eaton 6 7 For An Act To Be Entitled 8 AN ACT TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING 9 ACT OF 1965; TO REQUIRE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF A 10 FORM 1099 IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND FOR OTHER 11 PURPOSES. 12 13 14 Subtitle 15 TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS INCOME TAX 16 WITHHOLDING ACT OF 1965; AND TO REQUIRE 17 THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF A FORM 1099 IN 18 CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. 19 20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 22 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 26, Chapter 51, Subchapter 9, is 23 amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 24 26-51-921. Filing of form 1099. 25 (a) A taxpayer that is subject to the withholding requirements of this 26 subchapter shall file with the Secretary of the Department of Finance and 27 Administration each Internal Revenue Service form 1099 on which the taxpayer 28 is the payer. 29 (b) A form 1099 required to be filed under subsection (a) of this 30 section shall be filed with the secretary: 31 (1) On or before January 31 following the close of the income 32 year in which the form 1099 was issued; and 33 (2) Electronically, if the payer of the form 1099 files with the 34 secretary at least one thousand (1,000) form 1099s during the payer's income 35 year. 36 SB502 2 03/18/2025 1:18:00 PM JLL316 1 SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1 of this act is effective for tax 2 years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36