Live in Florida, Work in Arkansas: Which State Taxes Your Paycheck?
Answer
Only Arkansas taxes you. Arkansas withholds from wages earned inside the state and you file a Arkansas nonresident return. Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so there is no resident return on the other side — and no credit, because there is no Florida tax to offset.
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Living in a state with no income tax removes the resident return, but it does not shelter income you earn somewhere else. Arkansas taxes what is earned inside Arkansas, whoever earns it, and a nonresident return is how that gets settled.
What you file
- 1Nonresident return · ArkansasForm AR1000NR
File a Arkansas nonresident return for the wages you earned in Arkansas. Florida has no wage income tax, so there is no second return and no credit to claim.
The two states, side by side
| Florida | Arkansas | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — graduated |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form AR1000NR |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Form AR1000TC |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Florida Department of Revenue | Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration |
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The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Arkansas and working in Florida gives:Home state only.
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.
- Remote worker: Florida → ArkansasNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Florida → ArkansasClient state only, if you work there
- Moved mid-year: Florida → ArkansasOne part-year return — the state you moved to
Other Florida pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in Florida and work in Arkansas. Which state takes the tax out of my paycheck?
Only Arkansas taxes you. Arkansas withholds from wages earned inside the state and you file a Arkansas nonresident return. Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so there is no resident return on the other side — and no credit, because there is no Florida tax to offset.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
Arkansas. The wages are sourced to Arkansas, so Arkansas withholding is correct and there is no Florida withholding to set up, because Florida levies no income tax on wages.
How current is this?
The Florida and Arkansas rules on this page were last checked against Florida Department of Revenue 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.
- Florida Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07