 | Stretching Your Dollar: Save $$, Buy Home at Tax Time
Little Rock Realtor Roddy McCaskill shares his expertise on mortgages and home buying. 
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 | Cabot Sales Tax Initiative
On April 9th, voters in Cabot will decide whether to extend an existing sales tax to help fund 6 major projects for the city.
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 | Everyday Economist: Filing Your Income Tax Return Online
Greg Hamilton with the Institute for Economic Advancement at UALR shares tips for using the Internet to do your taxes.
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 | Rants and Raves: Reporting Illegal Income on Tax Returns, Really?
Fox 16 News Anchor Kevin Kelly shares viewer comments about filing tax returns.
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 | Fort Smith Businessman Pleads Guilty to Not Paying Taxes
He will be sentenced later this year and faces prison term, fines up to 350-thousand-dollars.
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 | Arkansas House Speaker Pushes $150M in Tax Cuts
Tells Revenue and Tax Committee capital gains tax reduction is also on his wish list.
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 | ASU Investigating Fraud Involving Employee Tax Returns
Arkansas State University says some of its employees may have had their 2012 tax returns filed fraudulently.
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| Free Tax Preparation Offered in Three South Arkansas Counties
Services available in Columbia, Ouachita and Union counties from the Central Arkansas Development Council.
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 | Little Rock to Spend $231,000 on New Gym Equipment
Tuesday night, the Little Rock Board of Directors decided to spend more than $230,000 of your tax dollars on keeping people fit and healthy.
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 | Pine Bluff residents can get free income tax preparation
Residents of Pine Bluff whose family income is less than $50,270 can have their taxes prepared for free on Saturday, January 26th.
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 | Quorum Court delays Broadway Bridge vote
Tuesday night, the Pulaski County Quorum Court tabled a vote on whether to spend $20 million dollars on enhancements for the new Broadway Bridge.
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 | Deadline approaching for tax write-offs
How would you like to save some money and donate to a good cause? You have only one day left to make donations to a charity and use it as a tax write-off.
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 | Delinquent Pine Bluff businesses could be fined
The City of Pine Bluff wants delinquent business owners to pay their taxes, and it might start fining them if they don't.
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 | Arkansas voters OK sales tax increase for roads
Arkansas voters have approved a half-cent sales tax increase to fund $1.8 billion in highway improvements over the next 10 years.
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 | DOJ: Man understates income by $534,939, charged with tax evasion
A Little Rock man is charged with three counts of income tax evasion. According to the Department of Justice, David Patrick Henry, Sr. underreported his taxable income from 2005 to 2007 by more than a half-million dollars.
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 | Crawford: Tie budget, debt ceiling to amendment
Months after proposing to raise taxes on millionaires in exchange for a balanced budget amendment, U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford says he's not backing down from the idea that angered conservatives who elected the Republican Arkansas congressman after he ran on an anti-tax pledge.
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 | Residents question high property tax assessments
A special meeting was held Tuesday night at the Pulaski County Quorum Court to address concerns of residents who feel their most recent property tax assessment is too high.
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 | North Little Rock leaders approve McCain Railroad Overpass
Thursday night, a major road project is approved in North Little Rock, using almost $10 million of federal and local dollars.
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 | Property taxes increase
The Pulaski County Assessor's office recently sent out roughly 100,000 notices in the mail telling property owners their taxes are going up.
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 | Arkansas revenues $93M ahead of forecast for year
Arkansas has collected $93.6 million more in revenue than expected for the year so far after enjoying a boost in sales and individual income tax collections last month, the state Department of Finance and Administration said Wednesday.
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| Some taxes refunded after Washington Co. mistake
Washington County says more than $100,000 has been refunded to county taxpayers who were overcharged for their property taxes.
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 | McDaniel again rejects wording of tax amendment
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has again rejected the wording of a proposed constitutional amendment that would require Arkansas citizens to vote on any new tax increase.
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 | NLR millage passes
Voters in North Little Rock approved a tax increase to remodel the district’s schools.
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 | Tax form misprint costs taxpayers money
More than 300,000 Arkansans pulled a very important postcard out of their mailbox. It explains a mistake on page 22 of the Arkansas Individual Income Tax booklet -- that already cost you money.
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| File your 2011 taxes for free
Several tax preparation companies and the IRS have combined to offer free tax preparation this year.
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| Argenta CDC offer Free Tax Prep Assistance
Argenta Community Development Corporation, 401 Main Street, Suite 200, is offering free federal and state income tax filing assistance to joint and individual filers with gross incomes of $60,000 or less.
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 | Benton approves 5% alcohol tax, mayor declines raise
If you want to have a bottle of beer or a glass of wine at a Benton restaurant, it will soon cost you even more.
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 | Griffin: Losing hope committee will address taxes
Arkansas Rep. Tim Griffin said Tuesday he's losing hope that a bipartisan "supercommittee" that faces a Thanksgiving deadline to reduce the nation's deficit will also tackle tax reform as part of that effort.
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| Amid anti-tax mood, Ark. cities raising taxes
Despite the strong anti-tax sentiment across the nation, towns in Arkansas are convincing voters to pay more taxes for needs ranging from police officers to economic development.
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 | City councilman accused of not paying rent to use city building
The Mayor of Alexander accuses a city councilman of running a business out of a city-owned building without paying rent. Mayor Paul Mitchell says taxpayer dollars are keeping the lights on for Wadley's Martial Arts at the Old Town Hall building.
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 | Sales tax for new jail "necessary for community's safety"
100 inmates are released before the end of their sentence at the Garland County jail because there's not enough room to house everyone.
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 | Mayor: IRS says Gould isn't able to pay back taxes
The mayor of a small city in southeast Arkansas says the Internal Revenue Service won't actively collect hundreds of thousands of dollars the city owes in back taxes.
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| Board member proposes repealing ordinance to widen Chenal
A Little Rock ordinance passed in 1994 preventing the city from using tax dollars to widen Chenal Parkway to six lanes stirred debate Tuesday night after one director proposed its repeal.
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| Super Saturday event gives Arkansans free help with taxes
We are just over a week away from the Super Bowl and a pre Super Bowl event-- Super Saturday.
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 | New site will allow people to track Ark. spending
Arkansas officials on Wednesday showed off a new government website that will allow people to track by all state agencies, except higher education institutions.
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 | LR millage vote passes by an overwhelming majority
Voters in Little Rock approved the issuance of bonds to improve street and drainage projects in a special election Tuesday.
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 | Congressman responds to Fox16 cell phone report
Congressman Tim Griffin responds to a recent Fox 16 News report uncovering problems with the federal Lifeline program.
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| 5700 property tax assessment appeals filed in Pulaski Co.
Owners of 5700 pieces of property in Pulaski County appealed their tax assessments by Monday's 4:30 p.m. deadline.
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