2019 ProSeries/Arkansas Readme

Item addressed in this release

What's new for ProSeries/Arkansas

Forms

Electronic filing

Item addressed in this release

Form AR1000F and AR1000NR - Arkansas has not yet adopted the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019. Calculation updated to calculate a 1% penalty on the total amount of qualified disaster distributions for full year and part year residents.

Form AR1000EC PDF Attach - Arkansas no longer supports PDF attachment of Form AR1000EC with e-filed returns. Returns with this form must be printed and filed by mail.
COVID-19 revised due dates. Return filing and payment due dates have been updated in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The following items are new for tax year 2019:

Tax brackets have changed due to rate changes based on income
Student Loan Thresholds updated
Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) account contributions are deductible up to $5,000 per taxpayer
AGI Limitation on Charitable Cash Contributions increased to 60%

The State of Arkansas has approved for filing all forms and schedules included in ProSeries/Arkansas.

You can file returns electronically with this version of ProSeries/Arkansas.

For a list of forms that can be e-filed, first open a state return, and then go to What's New This Year for Arkansas in Help Center.

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