Arkansas governor: No plan to call special session to consider sales taxes on online purchases

FORT SMITH -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he doesn't plan to call a special session to consider legislation for collecting sales taxes on online purchases, saying there is no consensus on the matter in the state Legislature.

In last year's legislative session, lawmakers considered and rejected proposals that would have required collecting such sales taxes.

Speaking Friday at the winter conference of the Arkansas Municipal League, Hutchinson said he has received resolutions from city councils across the state encouraging legislation to better level the playing field between online merchants and communities' brick-and-mortar stores.

The online taxes would not produce as much revenue for the state as some expect, Hutchinson said Friday. State Sen. Jim Hendren, R-Gravette, said he was "underwhelmed" by the amount of money online sales taxes have generated.

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