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Arkansas Capital Gains Tax Calculator (2026)
Estimate the tax on your capital gains in Arkansas for 2026. Enter your gain, holding period, and other income to see federal long- or short-term tax, the 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax, and Arkansas’s share, broken out line by line.
Arkansas capital gains tax calculator
How to read the rows below: the slice of your gain → the tax on that slice.
- Gain taxed at 0% (long-term)
- $15,550 → $0
- Gain taxed at 15% (long-term)
- $4,450 → −$668
- Federal long-term capital gains tax
- −$668
- Net Investment Income Tax (3.8%)
- $0
- Arkansas income tax on gain
- −$740
- Total capital gains tax
- $1,408
Arkansas taxes capital gains as ordinary income. Arkansas cut its top rate to 3.7% for 2026, its fourth cut in four years. Brackets run from 0% up to 3.7%, and the same schedule applies to single and married filers. A separate two-tier table replaces this one for taxable income above $94,700, taxing the first $4,700 at 2% and the rest at 3.7%. Social Security is exempt.
Note on 2026 figures: The 3.7% top rate was enacted in the May 2026 special session (SB1 / HB1001), retroactive to January 1 2026, and applies to the full 2026 tax year. Some published tables still show the pre-cut 3.9% rate; the 3.7% figure is the correct current rate.
Federal: IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-32 (IR-2025-103) · Social Security Administration. State: Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.
Estimate for 2026. Long-term gains are stacked on top of your other taxable income across the 0/15/20% federal breakpoints; short-term gains are taxed as ordinary income. The 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax, an extra federal surtax on investment income, applies once your income clears the threshold. Excludes state credits, the alternative minimum tax, and loss carryovers. This is general information, not tax advice.
How capital gains tax works in Arkansas
Long-term gains (assets held more than a year) get the federal 0/15/20% rates — but the rate depends on where the gain lands once it is stacked on top of your other taxable income, so part of a gain can be taxed at 0% and the rest at 15%. Short-term gains are taxed as ordinary income. On top of that, the 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax applies once your income clears $200,000 (single) or $250,000 (married-jointly).
Arkansas taxes capital gains as ordinary income, at the same rate as your wages. Arkansas cut its top rate to 3.7% for 2026, its fourth cut in four years. Brackets run from 0% up to 3.7%, and the same schedule applies to single and married filers. A separate two-tier table replaces this one for taxable income above $94,700, taxing the first $4,700 at 2% and the rest at 3.7%. Social Security is exempt.
This is an annual-bracket estimate, not your final return. It excludes the alternative minimum tax, loss carryovers, and state credits. It is general information, not tax advice. Federal figures: IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-32 (IR-2025-103) · Social Security Administration.
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