Tax imposed - Nonresident estates

(a) A tax is imposed upon the transfer of all real, tangible, and intangible personal property located in the State of Arkansas of any nonresident of this state in a sum equal to the proportion of the federal credit allowable under the federal estate tax laws, 26 U.S.C. § 2001 et seq., as in effect on January 1, 2002, for estate, inheritance, legacy, and succession taxes that the Arkansas property of such a deceased person bears to the property of the entire estate, wherever located. (b) "Arkansas property" shall be construed to include, without limiting its generality by this specification, the following items of intangible personal property: (1) Debts including bank deposits owed to the decedent by any individual resident in this state, or by any bank or other corporation organized under the laws of this state, or by any national bank doing business in this state without regard to the physical location of any written evidence of indebtedness; and (2) Shares of the capital stock of any corporation organized under the laws of this state without regard to the physical location of the stock certificate. (c) However, if the decedent at the time of death was a resident of a state or territory of the United States that, at the time of his or her death, provides an exemption to a resident of this state from transfer or death taxes, then the nonresident of the other state or territory shall be exempt from the payment of the estate or inheritance tax in this state. (d) However, if no federal estate tax is imposed upon the transfer of property, no Arkansas estate tax shall be imposed on the transfer of property. Acts 1941, No. 136, § 4; 1945, No. 294, § 3; 1949, No. 284, § 1; 1983, No. 379, § 18; A.S.A. 1947, § 63-104; Acts 1999, No. 1126, § 41; 2003, No. 645, § 3.

(a) A tax is imposed upon the transfer of all real, tangible, and intangible personal property located in the State of Arkansas of any nonresident of this state in a sum equal to the proportion of the federal credit allowable under the federal estate tax laws, 26 U.S.C. § 2001 et seq., as in effect on January 1, 2002, for estate, inheritance, legacy, and succession taxes that the Arkansas property of such a deceased person bears to the property of the entire estate, wherever located.

(b) "Arkansas property" shall be construed to include, without limiting its generality by this specification, the following items of intangible personal property: (1) Debts including bank deposits owed to the decedent by any individual resident in this state, or by any bank or other corporation organized under the laws of this state, or by any national bank doing business in this state without regard to the physical location of any written evidence of indebtedness; and (2) Shares of the capital stock of any corporation organized under the laws of this state without regard to the physical location of the stock certificate.

(1) Debts including bank deposits owed to the decedent by any individual resident in this state, or by any bank or other corporation organized under the laws of this state, or by any national bank doing business in this state without regard to the physical location of any written evidence of indebtedness; and

(2) Shares of the capital stock of any corporation organized under the laws of this state without regard to the physical location of the stock certificate.

(c) However, if the decedent at the time of death was a resident of a state or territory of the United States that, at the time of his or her death, provides an exemption to a resident of this state from transfer or death taxes, then the nonresident of the other state or territory shall be exempt from the payment of the estate or inheritance tax in this state.

l location of the stock certificate.

(c) However, if the decedent at the time of death was a resident of a state or territory of the United States that, at the time of his or her death, provides an exemption to a resident of this state from transfer or death taxes, then the nonresident of the other state or territory shall be exempt from the payment of the estate or inheritance tax in this state.

(d) However, if no federal estate tax is imposed upon the transfer of property, no Arkansas estate tax shall be imposed on the transfer of property.

Acts 1941, No. 136, § 4; 1945, No. 294, § 3; 1949, No. 284, § 1; 1983, No. 379, § 18; A.S.A. 1947, § 63-104; Acts 1999, No. 1126, § 41; 2003, No. 645, § 3.