topic Arkansas Personal Property Tax isn't populating in Deductions & credits

Arkansas Personal Property Tax isn't populating

gtofvbatr — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 15:48:06 GMT

I entered the $133 property tax paid on my vehicle during the wizard. On my Arkansas AR3 form, line 6 has "PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX 133." on the line, but 0.00 for the value and all downstream math. What step did I miss? Is this a bug?

Edit: Screenshot below.

Re: Arkansas Personal Property Tax isn't populating

MaryK4 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:58:11 GMT

@gtofvbatr Can you clarify if you are itemizing your Arkansas deductions or using the standard deduction? Thanks.

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gtofvbatr — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:04:34 GMT

Federal: Standard Deduction

Arkansas: Itemized

Re: Arkansas Personal Property Tax isn't populating

RogerD1 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:04:06 GMT

If you have personal property tax paid to a county in Arkansas that is based on the value of the vehicle, it would be deductible on your Arkansas return, while the registration fees and tags would not be deductible.

If you go back to your Arkansas return, when you click through the screens, you will get to a screen called "Vehicle Registration Fees/Tags and Personal Property Taxes". The bottom box for Non-deductible personal property taxes will be filled in - to make this amount deductible, you can enter a 0 here and the full amount of personal property tax claimed on your Federal tax return will now appear on your Arkansas return. If the amount wasn't fully deductible, you can enter the non-deductible part here.

Re: Arkansas Personal Property Tax isn't populating

user17750798836 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:48:18 GMT

TurboTax is NOT calculating this correctly. I have 2 amounts under line 6 (not the nondeductible amounts), yet TurboTax shows zero for line 6 total. I spent a ton of time on the phone with support and got nowhere. I hope this is fixed soon. I paid to efile my state taxes, but they won't efile with an overridden entry to correct the amount.

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user17750798836 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:49:15 GMT

Arkansas form AR3

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AnnetteB6 — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:10:36 GMT

After taking a closer look at the situation described, TurboTax is handling this Arkansas itemized deduction properly, but the input screen is a bit tricky to navigate.

On the screen in the Arkansas return with the title Vehicle Registration Fees/Tags and Personal Property Taxes there are two columns of data -- one for Federal and one for Arkansas. The default is that everything transferred from the Federal return is filled in in the Arkansas column as well.

But, if some of the personal property taxes claimed on the Federal return are also eligible to be claimed on Arkansas as an itemized deduction, then you need to delete that entry from the Arkansas column. Then it will be claimed on the Arkansas return as an itemized deduction.

The Arkansas column is for amounts that cannot be claimed on the state return.

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Re: Arkansas Personal Property Tax isn't populating

user17750798836 — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:44:39 GMT

Form AR3 shows no federal column. This issue is that with entries and amounts in line 6, TurboTax fills line 6 total as $0. One of the amounts I entered directly on the form, as I have for 30 years, for 1/2 self-employment tax, as Arkansas doesn't offer another option to account for it.

Re: Arkansas Personal Property Tax isn't populating

AnnetteB6 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:55:53 GMT

There are a couple of things to take into account. First, you are trying to enter a value in the place where personal property taxes are reported as part of itemized deductions. This would not be the appropriate place to enter 1/2 self-employment tax because it is not the same type of tax as personal property tax. TurboTax is treating the personal property tax entries correctly.

So, if 1/2 of self-employment tax were claimed on the Arkansas tax return, it would appear as an adjustment instead of an itemized deduction. That follows the same treatment of the self-employment tax on the Federal return, it is an adjustment to income.

However, you stated that 'Arkansas doesn't offer another option to account for it'. There is nothing found in the Arkansas instructions for the state tax return, the adjustments, or itemized deductions to say where to claim 1/2 self-employment tax. If it were an allowed adjustment or deduction, it would be covered in the instructions. There is guidance for claiming self-employed health insurance, but not the self-employment tax.

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