Arkansas
State of Arkansas Personal Income Tax Extensions – Tax Year 2011
| GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS |
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The due date for filing your Arkansas Individual Income Tax return is April 15. If April 15 falls on a weekend or a holiday, your return is due on the next business day. A request for an extension of time to file may be filed and if it is accepted and you file before the deadline, you will not be charged for any late filing penalties for filing the tax return past the original due date. Interest and any applicable failure to pay penalty will be charged on all tax due returns from the original due date until the date you file the income tax return. If you have already filed a federal extension, you do not have to file a state extension. The State of Arkansas will honor an accepted federal extension and your due date will be the same as the federal return. You will need to check the appropriate box on the front of your Arkansas return when you file. Note: If you file an Application for Automatic Extension of Time (Federal form 4868), you will not receive an approved copy back from the Internal Revenue Service. You will need to check the appropriate box on the front of your Arkansas return when you file. If you want to file specifically for a State of Arkansas Extension, you must file Arkansas Form AR1055. This form must state a reason for the extension and be postmarked on or before April 15. Inability to pay will not be honored as a valid reason for an extension of time to file. |
| ARKANSAS STATE INCOME TAX EXTENSION FORMS |
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Form AR1055 (Arkansas Individual Income Tax Request for Extension of Time for Filing Income Tax Returns): http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/incomeTax/individual/Documents/AR1055_2011_FI.pdf Individual income tax returns must be filed and the tax paid on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the fourth (4th) month following the close of the tax year (April 17 for calendar year filers). This extension is an agreement by the Commissioner of Revenue to waive the statutory penalty for delinquency if the return is filed by the extension due date and the tax, with interest, is paid by the original due date of the return (April 17 for calendar year filers). Mail to the following address:
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