tax cuts

On April 5, following a recent report on the Arkansas State government’s budget surplus, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that he would be calling a special session of the state legislature to address the 1.6 billion in extra revenue. “June revenue…

The Arkansas General Assembly is scheduled to convene for an Extraordinary Session on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. The Arkansas Constitution says Extraordinary Sessions, often referred to as special sessions, can only be called by the Governor. Governor Asa…

When I was running for governor in 2014, I promised to cut our income taxes by $100 million. With the support of the General Assembly, we not only kept that promise, but over the course of the past five years,…

The legislature advanced a series of tax cuts, including the signature bill of this year’s session, to lower personal income taxes by about $97 million a year. The Senate passed SB 211 to reduce income taxes for individuals in the…

Passing corporate tax cut benefits on to Arkansas ratepayers One of my priorities as governor has been to find ways for Arkansans to hang on to more of the money they earn. During my first year in office, we reduced…