INSTRUCTIONS: ARKANSAS SALE OR CLOSURE OF BUSINESS (Form AR-20)

To close Arkansas tax accounts upon the sale or closure of your business, you may file a form AR-20. This document can be obtained from the website maintained by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.

Arkansas Sale Or Closure Of Business AR-20 Step 1: Section 1 concerns the taxpayer filing. Enter your legal name on the first blank line and your "doing business as" (DBA) name on the second blank line.

Arkansas Sale Or Closure Of Business AR-20 Step 2: Enter your street address on the third blank line.

Arkansas Sale Or Closure Of Business AR-20 Step 3: Enter your city on the fourth blank line, your state on the fifth blank line, and your zip code on the sixth blank line.

Arkansas Sale Or Closure Of Business AR-20 Step 4: Enter your telephone number on the seventh blank line and your fax number on the eighth blank line.

Arkansas Sale Or Closure Of Business AR-20 Step 5: In the table provided, indicate your tax account type in the first column.

Arkansas Sale Or Closure Of Business AR-20 Step 6: Enter your account ID in the second column.

Arkansas Sale Or Closure Of Business AR-20 Step 7: Indicate with a check mark whether you are sold your business, discontinued operations, ceased tax collection, or had an ownership change.

Arkansas Sale Or Closure Of Business AR-20 Step 8: In the last column, enter the effective date of change.

Arkansas Sale Or Closure Of Business AR-20 Step 9: Answer questions on lines 1 and 2 of Section 2 by filling in "Yes" or "No" as appropriate.

Arkansas Sale Or Closure Of Business AR-20 Step 10: If your business was sold, give the name and address of the purchaser on the first blank line of question 3 , the selling price of fixtures and inventory on the second blank line, and the total sales price on the third blank line.

Arkansas Sale Or Closure Of Business AR-20 Step 11: Section 3 provides a list of items that must be sent with this form.

Arkansas Sale Or Closure Of Business AR-20 Step 12: The owner or officer should enter their signature on the first blank line of Section 4.

Arkansas Sale Or Closure Of Business AR-20 Step 13: Date the second blank line.