This site is best viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, with your screen area set to 1024 x 768 pixels. Return to Home Page About the Conservation Districts Officers and Board Members Staff Programs and Events Calendar News Releases, Letters, Etc. The Arkansas Conservation Partnership Thanks to Ed Swaim, Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission for compiling this information. Conservation Districts and Taxes on Sales and Rentals Arkansas' 75 conservation districts have many methods of raising money outside state appropriations. Some receive large sums from their county governments or collect voluntary taxes.
Most districts hold a fundraiser or two each year, and some sell items year-round.
This has led many districts to ask whether they should collect taxes on these sales. Here is a brief description of whether taxes should be collected on several different district activities. Purchases by Districts. Though some things such as private charitable organizations and federal agencies such as NRCS are specifically exempted by law from paying sales taxes on purchases, conservation districts are not . Even the sales tax exemption on farm equipment, such as no-till drills, does not apply to districts, since the exemption applies only where the buyer is a farmer.