Arkansas Attorney General proposes eliminating state income tax by 2030

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (TB&P) — Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, Republican candidate for Arkansas governor, announced Thursday she would lead a constitutional amendment campaign to abolish the state income tax for individuals.

Calling it the “first phase of her economic initiative,” she said, “the Rutledge Plan is a grassroots effort to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to permanently eliminate Arkansas’ personal income tax.”

“For too long Arkansas politicians have talked about doing away with the state income tax, but it’s time to stop talking and start doing. I’m running for Governor to ‘Make Arkansas First,’ in job creation and economic development. I don’t just want to compete – I want to beat our neighboring states of Tennessee, Texas, and Florida,” she said in announcing the initiative.

Rutledge said she wants the proposal on the November 2022 general election ballot, which would make it effective in 2023. A proposed constitutional amendment would need more than 89,000 voter signatures to qualify for the ballot.

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