Arkansas Gas Tax
Arkansas’s state taxes and fees on gasoline total 25.0¢ a gallon, tied for the 15th-lowest of 51; with the 18.4¢ federal tax, drivers pay 43.4¢ a gallon in combined tax. Rates are from U.S. Energy Information Administration data as of July 2026.
What makes up Arkansas’s 43.4¢
| Arkansas state excise tax | 24.7¢ |
|---|---|
| Other Arkansas taxes & fees sales/use taxes, inspection and environmental fees | 0.3¢ |
| Total Arkansas state tax | 25.0¢ |
| Federal excise + LUST fee 18.3¢ excise + 0.1¢ LUST, unchanged since 1993 | 18.4¢ |
| Combined state + federal | 43.4¢ |
Border Zone rates may apply (state excise rate will not be more than $0.01/gal higher than the adjoining state's rate. See A.C.A. § 26-64-101 for details); Environmental Assurance fee: $0.0030/gal.
Arkansas's tax: a fixed excise plus a wholesale-based portion
Arkansas’s gasoline tax has two parts. The first is a fixed per-gallon excise. The second, added by Act 416 of 2019, is a wholesale sales tax on motor fuel set at 1.6 percent of the average wholesale price of gasoline and converted to cents per gallon. The EIA reports the two together, currently 24.7¢, plus a small environmental assurance fee.
Act 416 took effect on October 1, 2019, raising the gasoline rate by about 3¢ to 24.5¢. Because the wholesale portion is recalculated each year from average prices, the rate can drift over time, but the law limits each year’s increase to a fraction of a cent. The rate has risen only slightly since 2019. Near the state line, “border zone” rules keep the Arkansas rate from exceeding a neighboring state’s rate by more than one cent.
Arkansas’s total state tax of 25.0¢ a gallon is tied for the 15th-lowest of the 50 states and D.C., against a 51-jurisdiction average of 33.8¢.
How the tax fits with fuel supply and price history is covered on the Arkansas gas prices page.
Sources: current rates and rankings are from the EIA motor fuel tax table in our database; other facts are from the sources listed here.
Arkansas Gas Tax Among Bordering States
In the EIA's July 2026 table, Missouri at 30.0¢ and Tennessee at 27.4¢ stand above Arkansas's 25.0¢, which makes 2 of 6 bordering states with a higher state total. Missouri's 30.0¢ (EIA table, July 2026) is the highest state total among the bordering states. Arkansas's 25.0¢ (EIA table, July 2026) is 5.0¢ below Missouri's 30.0¢. Against Tennessee's 27.4¢ (EIA table, July 2026), Arkansas is 2.4¢ below.
The other bordering states list 24.4¢ (EIA table, July 2026) for Mississippi, 20.9¢ for Louisiana, 20.0¢ for Oklahoma and 20.0¢ for Texas. Arkansas's 25.0¢ (EIA table, July 2026) is 0.6¢ above Mississippi's 24.4¢. It is 4.1¢ (EIA table, July 2026) above Louisiana's 20.9¢. Arkansas's 25.0¢ (EIA table, July 2026) is 5.0¢ above Oklahoma's 20.0¢. Texas lists the same 20.0¢ (EIA table, July 2026), and Arkansas is 5.0¢ above Texas as well.
Beneath Arkansas's 25.0¢ in the July 2026 table sit 14 jurisdictions, and above it sit 35. Alaska holds the lowest state total at 9.0¢ (EIA table, July 2026), and California the highest at 73.6¢. Arkansas is 8.8¢ (EIA table, July 2026) below the 33.8¢ average across the 50 states and D.C.
At 99% of the state total, excise leaves 0.3¢ (EIA table, July 2026) to other state taxes and fees on gasoline. Of the combined state and federal tax in the July 2026 table, 58% is the state's part, and the federal tax is 18.4¢. County and local taxes are outside the EIA's July 2026 figures, and the table lists no local option gasoline taxes for Arkansas.
How much of a gallon in Arkansas is tax
Arkansas gasoline is estimated at $3.96 a gallon. Against that, the 43.4¢ of combined state and federal tax is about 11.0% of what a driver pays — with local taxes, where they apply, on top.
Tax rate from EIA as of July 2026; pump price is this week’s US Gas Gauge estimate from EIA regional prices (EIA publishes no weekly average for Arkansas).
Arkansas vs. the other 50 states
Arkansas’s state gas tax of 25.0¢ is 8.8¢ below the 33.8¢ average across 50 states and D.C. — it is tied for the 15th-lowest.
Neighboring states' gas tax
| State | State tax | vs. Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri gas tax | 30.0¢ | +5.0¢ |
| Tennessee gas tax | 27.4¢ | +2.4¢ |
| Mississippi gas tax | 24.4¢ | −0.6¢ |
| Louisiana gas tax | 20.9¢ | −4.1¢ |
| Oklahoma gas tax | 20.0¢ | −5.0¢ |
| Texas gas tax | 20.0¢ | −5.0¢ |
Arkansas gas tax, answered
- What is the gas tax in Arkansas?
- 25.0¢ a gallon in state taxes and fees; with the 18.4¢ federal tax, 43.4¢ (EIA, July 2026).
- How does Arkansas's gas tax compare to other states?
- Tied for the 15th-lowest of the 50 states and D.C.; the average is 33.8¢.
- What is the federal gas tax in Arkansas?
- The federal gasoline tax is 18.4¢ per gallon in Arkansas, the same as in every other state.
- Does Arkansas charge local gas taxes too?
- EIA does not flag Arkansas as allowing local option taxes.
Related to Arkansas gas tax
EIA, “Federal and state motor fuels taxes” (July 2026 (revised August 2026)); how these figures are built.
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Cite as: US Gas Gauge, “Arkansas Gas Tax,” usgasgauge.com/gas-tax/arkansas. Source data: U.S. Energy Information Administration.