Take-home pay in Arkansas by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Arkansas keeps $79,152 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $74,368 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$79,152 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Arkansas, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $8,594 more than as a C corporation.

Arkansas, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$25,632	$74,368	74%
Single-member LLC	$25,730	$74,270	74%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$20,848	$79,152	79%
S corporation	$20,848	$79,152	79%
C corporation	$29,442	$70,558	71%

What Arkansas takes from a business owner

Arkansas taxes personal income in 2 brackets, from 2% to 3.7% (2026, single filer).dfa.arkansas.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026
An LLC pays the state Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report, no feesos.arkansas.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
Arkansas LLC franchise tax applies to LLC, LLC as S corpsos.arkansas.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
Arkansas corporation franchise tax applies to S corp, C corpsos.arkansas.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
An S corp in Arkansas can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 3.7%, and the owner gets that income left out of the personal return. The company deducts it on the federal return, so it is not held to the SALT cap. The calculator uses it when it lowers the totaldfa.arkansas.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Arkansas unemployment tax at 2% on the first $7,000 of salary in the first yeardws.arkansas.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$38,720	$38,609	$38,903	$38,903	$36,716
$100,000	$74,368	$74,270	$79,152	$79,152	$70,558
$150,000	$107,406	$107,307	$115,026	$115,026	$100,388
$250,000	$175,108	$175,022	$185,191	$185,191	$161,634
$500,000	$312,475	$312,387	$341,885	$341,885	$307,850

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

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