Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 26 - TAXATION (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-82-119) › Subtitle 5 - STATE TAXES (§§ 26-50-101 — 26-65-108) › Chapter 51 - INCOME TAXES (§§ 26-51-101 — 26-51-2804) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 26-51-101 — 26-51-107) › Section 26-51-102 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Corporation" includes joint-stock companies or associations and insurance companies;
(2)
"Domestic", when applied to any corporation or association, including a partnership, means created or organized in the State of Arkansas;
(3)
"Fiduciary" means a guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, receiver, conservator, or any person, whether individual or corporate, acting in any fiduciary capacity for any person, trust, or estate;
(4)
"Fiscal year" means an accounting period of twelve (12) months ending on the last day of any month other than December;
(5)
"Foreign", when applied to any corporation or association, including a partnership, means created or organized outside of the State of Arkansas;
(6)
"Foreign country" means any jurisdiction other than one embraced within the United States;
(7)
"Income year" means "taxable year" as defined in this section;
(8)
"Individual" means a natural person;
(9)
"Nonresident", when used in connection with the Income Tax Act of 1929, §
26-51-101
et seq., shall apply to any natural person whose domicile is without the State of Arkansas and who maintains a place of abode without this state and spends in the aggregate more than six (6) months of the taxable year without this state;
(10)
"Paid", for the purposes of the deductions under the Income Tax Act of 1929, §
26-51-101
et seq., means "paid or accrued" or "paid or incurred", and the words "paid or accrued" or "paid or incurred" shall be construed according to the methods of accounting upon the basis of which the net income is computed under the Income Tax Act of 1929, §
26-51-101
et seq.;
(11)
"Person" includes individuals, fiduciaries, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations;
(12)
"Received", for the purpose of computation of the net income under the Income Tax Act of 1929, §
26-51-101
et seq., means "received or accrued", and the words "received or accrued" shall be construed according to the method of accounting upon the basis of which the net income is computed under the Income Tax Act of 1929, §
26-51-101
et seq.;
(13)
"Resident" means natural persons and includes, for the purpose of determining liability for the tax imposed by the Income Tax Act of 1929, §
26-51-101
et seq., upon or with reference to the income of any taxable year, any person domiciled in the State of Arkansas and any other person who maintains a permanent place of abode within this state and spends in the aggregate more than six (6) months of the taxable year within this state;
(14)
"Tax practitioner" means a person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation that compiles a tax return for hire;
(15)
"Tax year" means "taxable year" as defined in this section;
(16)
(A)
"Taxable year" means the calendar year, or the fiscal year ending during such calendar year, upon the basis of which taxable income is computed.
(B)
"Taxable year", in the case of a return made for a fractional part of a year, means the period for which such return is made;
(17)
"Taxpayer" includes any individual, fiduciary, or corporation subject to the tax imposed by the Income Tax Act of 1929, §
26-51-101
et seq.;
(18)
"United States," when used in a geographical sense, includes the states, the District of Columbia, and the possessions of the United States; and
(19)
"Year" means "taxable year".
Amended by Act 2021, No. 143,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2021, op. x.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3700, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1929, No. 118, Art. 1, § 2; Pope's Dig., § 14025; A.S.A. 1947, § 84-2002; Acts 1993, No. 785, §§ 2-5; 1995, No. 1160, § 17.