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Sales tax in Van Buren County, Arkansas

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated

There is no single sales tax rate in Van Buren County. It runs from 8% to 9.5% depending on the exact address, because cities and special districts inside the county levy their own on top of the 6.5% state rate. The 6.5% state rate applies everywhere in the county; everything above that depends on where you are standing. These rates were read from Arkansas's own published schedule and checked on September 9, 2026.

What is the sales tax rate in Van Buren County?

Sales tax rate components in Van Buren County, Arkansas
Arkansas state rate6.5%
Van Buren County rate1.5%
Lowest combined rate in the county8%
Highest combined rate in the county9.5%

The combined figures are the lowest and highest totals anywhere in Van Buren County, so the rows above do not add up to them.

How much sales tax is that on a purchase in Van Buren County?

At 8%, a $100 purchase carries $8.00 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $80.00, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 9.5%, the same purchases carry $9.50 and $95.00. That is general merchandise; Arkansas taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Arkansas's 75 counties, Van Buren County's lowest rate ranks 36th highest, level with 12 other counties. See every Arkansas county.

Sales tax in counties next to Van Buren County

Van Buren County borders 6 counties. The lowest rate next door is 7% in Faulkner County, AR, which is $10.00 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Van Buren County.

Van Buren County and its neighbors, highest rate first
CountyCombined sales tax
Conway County, AR8.25% to 11.25%
Cleburne County, AR8.125% to 9.625%
Searcy County, AR8% to 9.5%
Van Buren County, AR (this county)8% to 9.5%
Pope County, AR7.5% to 9.5%
Stone County, AR7.5% to 9.5%
Faulkner County, AR7% to 9.75%

Why the rate here is not the whole story

Arkansas charges 6.5 percent statewide and counties and cities each levy on top of it, and city limits do not follow county lines, so no single rate covers the whole county. The county itself levies 1.5 percent countywide, and that county rate applies inside its cities as well as outside them. The floor of 8 percent is the state rate plus the county rate in the unincorporated part of the county, and the ceiling of 9.5 percent is at Fairfield Bay, which straddles into Cleburne County where its total differs because the county rate does, and at 1 other city in the county at the same rate. Arkansas cut the state rate on food and food ingredients to 0 percent on January 1 2026 while every city and county tax still applies to groceries, so the figures here are the general merchandise rates and not the grocery rate. The city and county part of a single transaction is capped at the first 2,500 dollars only for motor vehicles, aircraft, watercraft and manufactured housing, and on any other business invoice above 2,500 dollars the buyer may claim a rebate of the local tax paid above that amount.

How do I find the exact rate for an address in Van Buren County?

Use Arkansas's own address lookup. In Van Buren County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 8% to 9.5%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Van Buren County?

Any seller with a physical presence in Arkansas collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes Arkansas's economic nexus threshold. Arkansas sales tax covers the statewide rules and what is exempt.

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