AR1055
CLICK HERE TO CLEAR FORM
ARKANSAS INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX
REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR
FILING INCOME TAX RETURNS
Name of Taxpayer
Primary SSN/FEIN
Address
Spouse’s SSN
1. Indicate type of return for which extension is being requested:
Individual
Partnership
Fiduciary
Composite
2. Extension requested for the tax year beginning _____________ ,20 ____ and ending ____________,20 __ .
3. State reason for requesting extension of time to file: (REQUIRED)
_____________________________________________________________________________________
File this request on or before the due date of your return. Keep a copy for your records.
NOTE: Income tax returns must be filed and the tax paid on or before the fifteenth (15
)
th
day of the fourth (4
) month following the close of the tax year (April 15 for calendar
th
year filers). This extension is an agreement by the Commissioner of Revenue to waive
the statutory penalty for failure to file timely if the return is filed by the extension due
date and the tax is paid by the original due date of the return (April 15 for calendar year
filers).
Mail to the following address:
Individual Income Tax Section
P.O. Box 3628
Little Rock, AR 72203-3628
Instructions
Extension of Time to File (Act 369 of 2007): Allows the
The Department no longer requires that a copy of federal Form
Director to grant an extension of time of 180 days from the origi-
4868 be attached to your state tax return as long as the ap-
nal due date for filing an Arkansas individual income tax return.
propriate box is checked on the front of the Arkansas return.
An extension can be requested in one of two ways:
If you request an extension using Form AR1055, you must also
check the appropriate box on the front of your Arkansas return.
1. Filing an Automatic Federal Extension to October
Caution: An extension to file is not an extension
15th using IRS Form 4868,
or
to pay. Interest and failure to pay penalty will be assessed
2. Filing an Arkansas (only) extension to October 15th
if any tax due is not paid by the original due date, April 15th
for individual filers.
using Form AR1055.
All federal extensions will be
honored as valid
The date of the postmark stamped by the U.S. Postal Service
state extensions. If you have filed an Automatic
is the date you filed your return or request for extension.
Federal Extension of time to file, it is not necessary
to complete an Arkansas Request for Extension
(Form AR1055).
AR1055 (R 10/14/13)