Springdale hotels and motels collect the Springdale Advertising and Promotion (A&P) tax under A.C.A. Β§26-75-602 et seq., administered by the Springdale Advertising and Promotion Commission, in addition to the Arkansas 6.5% state sales tax (A.C.A. Β§26-52-301) and Washington/Benton County and City of Springdale local sales taxes. Stays of 30 or more consecutive days by the same guest are exempt from the A&P tax.
Lodging in Springdale is taxed at the state, county, and city levels. (1) Arkansas state sales tax of 6.5% (A.C.A. Β§26-52-301) applies to gross receipts from the rental of rooms in hotels, motels, tourist courts, and bed-and-breakfasts, administered by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. (2) Washington County (or Benton County, depending on parcel) and City of Springdale local sales taxes layer on top and are also collected through the DFA return. (3) Springdale Advertising and Promotion (A&P) tax under the Arkansas Local Advertising and Promotion Tax Act (A.C.A. Β§26-75-602 et seq.). Arkansas cities of the first class may levy an A&P tax of up to 3% on hotel/motel gross receipts and an additional tax on prepared-food sales for tourism promotion. Springdale levies a lodging A&P tax, administered by the Springdale Advertising and Promotion Commission, which funds tourism, the city's convention/visitor activity, and visitor promotion through Visit Springdale/Experience Springdale efforts. A.C.A. Β§26-75-603 provides the long-stay exemption: gross receipts from rooms rented for 30 consecutive days or more to the same occupant are excluded. Operators must register with the A&P Commission, file monthly returns by the 20th of the following month, and remit the tax with the return. A.C.A. Β§26-63-401 et seq. (the Tourism Development Act) establishes a separate 2% state tourism tax that already applies to lodging statewide and is collected with state sales tax.
Failure to register, collect, or remit the Springdale A&P tax triggers penalties, interest, and a civil suit by the Commission under A.C.A. Β§26-75-617. State sales tax non-compliance triggers DFA assessments under A.C.A. Title 26 with interest plus penalty up to 35% for willful failure. The City can pursue revocation of the lodging operator's business license for sustained delinquency and the Commission can pursue a tax lien against the property.
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