Moved from Alaska to Arkansas Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
Nothing for Alaska, a part-year return for Arkansas. This move takes you into the state income tax system rather than out of it — set up Arkansas withholding promptly, because there is no prior-year Arkansas liability to base estimated payments on.
Last verified
Coming from a state with no income tax means arriving with no Arkansas withholding history and no prior-year liability to base estimates on. The first Arkansas return is where that catches up, so the withholding start date matters.
What you file
- 1Part-year return · ArkansasForm AR1000NR (part-year resident)
File a Arkansas part-year return covering the months you lived in Arkansas. Alaska has no wage income tax, so there is nothing to file for the earlier part of the year.
The two states, side by side
| Alaska | Arkansas | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — graduated |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form AR1000NR |
| Part-year return | Not applicable | Form AR1000NR (part-year resident) |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Form AR1000TC |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division | Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Arkansas and working in Alaska gives:One part-year return — the state you left.
Same two states, different situation
The withholding answer turns on how you are paid and where the work happens, not only on which two states are involved.
- W-2 commuter: Alaska → ArkansasWork state only
- Remote worker: Alaska → ArkansasNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Alaska → ArkansasClient state only, if you work there
Other Alaska pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Alaska to Arkansas mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
Nothing for Alaska, a part-year return for Arkansas. This move takes you into the state income tax system rather than out of it — set up Arkansas withholding promptly, because there is no prior-year Arkansas liability to base estimated payments on.
How do I split my income between Alaska and Arkansas?
By when you received it, measured against the date your domicile actually changed. Income received while you were a Alaska resident belongs on the Alaska return and income received afterwards on the Arkansas return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Alaska and Arkansas rules on this page were last checked against Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division and Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration on 2026-08-07. We re-check the full grid every December after state legislative sessions close, and re-check the convenience-of-the-employer states quarterly because that is where the rules move fastest.
Sources
Every fact above comes from the revenue department that publishes the rule. We do not cite secondary summaries, and we do not restate a figure we could not find at source.
- Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07