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Nexus Program, offering retailers who do business in these states without a significant physical presence within the state to file a voluntary disclosure and agree to collect and remit sales taxes in one or several of these states going forward. In exchange for their voluntary disclosure, should the Quill rule be relaxed, whether by court ruling or legislation, those retail- ers who voluntarily filed disclosures in these states between August 17 and October 17 of this year would not be subject to taxes found to be owed from previous years, including all penalties and fees waived. With federal congressional action unlikely anytime soon and the uncertainty of the U.S. Supreme Court review process, cit- ies and counties in Arkansas have decided to take action. In conjunction with the Association of Arkansas Counties and the Arkansas Municipal League, several counties and cities
have passed local resolutions. Te resolutions encourage Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the state legislature to pass legislation re- quiring out-of-state businesses with a significant e-commerce presence in Arkansas to collect and remit sales taxes, perhaps even calling a special session in order to do so. Te Arkan- sas County Judges Association and the Arkansas Association of Quorum Courts also adopted similar resolutions after the 91st General Assembly failed to enact any of the proposed e- commerce sales tax bills.
* It is currently required by Arkansas state law, passed in the 1940s, for Arkansas residents to report and pay a consumer use tax on purchases from out-of-state vendors. However, without any enforcement mechanism, very few residents actually report these sales on their income tax filings.
Crawford County cuts ribbon on new circuit clerk office
Crawford County Circuit Clerk Sharon Blount-
Baker and her staff broke out the red ribbon Aug. 21 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house to commemorate their move to a new office, The office is in the former county jail (top left), locat- ed at 317 Main St., Van Buren, and has been remod- eled to provide more space and an improved layout so staff and better serve residents.
Former Circuit Clerk Georgia Polk, pictured with Blount-Baker above, was a special guest, and Crawford County Judge Dennis Gilstrap (left) spoke at the open house. Other special guests (left to right) were former Circuit Clerk and state Rep. Rick Green, Polk, and state Rep. Charlene Fite and her husband, Tom Fite.
According to the Northwest Arkansas Times Re-
cord, the move to the jail has been under discussion since April 2014, and demolition on the old jail began in early February.
COUNTY LINES, SUMMER 2017
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