Arkansas — statewide
Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
In short
Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration issues 2 permits we publish for Arkansas — statewide, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales Tax Permit | Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration | $50 one-time, non-refundable | no stated expiration — a permit with twelve straight months of zero sales may be administratively closed | 2026-09-04 |
| Automotive Repair Shop — Arkansas State Obligationsonly if it applies to you | Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Sales Tax Permit
Fifty dollars, paid electronically on submission and never charged again — there is no separate renewal fee. The one thing that can end a permit administratively rather than by choice is a full year of reporting no sales at all, which the department can treat as grounds to close the account.
Automotive Repair Shop — Arkansas State Obligations
No fee is listed for this record, which describes the state-level obligations of a repair shop rather than a shop license. One narrow, activity-triggered obligation applies: per the Department of Finance and Administration's Waste Tire Fee page (Ark. Code Ann. § 8-9-401 et seq.), a rim removal fee is charged when a tire is removed from a rim in connection with the sale of a replacement tire by a tire retailer — $3.00 if the replacement tire is new and $1.00 if it is used — so a shop selling replacement tires registers with the Department for that fee, and separately with the environmental quality division for a waste-tire identifying number. A shop that also buys or sells used vehicles, rather than merely repairing them, needs a separate used motor vehicle dealer license from the state police — a different regime triggered by sales activity, not repair work.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Arkansas — statewide
- Phone
- (501) 682-7104
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration — sales tax permit registration, $50 feeArkansas Department of Finance and Administration · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Arkansas statewide offices
- Arkansas Department of Health, Food Protection Program
- Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services Division
- Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board
- Arkansas Board of Electrical Examiners
- Arkansas Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education
- Arkansas HVACR Licensing Board
- Arkansas State Board of Barber Examiners
- Arkansas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Arkansas jurisdictions
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