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How to Apply for an EIN in Arkansas

Last updated September 22, 2026 · Written by the EIN Registration filing team

The EIN application is federal and identical in every state. There is no Arkansas EIN, no Arkansas form, and no Arkansas office involved: you file IRS Form SS-4 and the IRS issues the number. What is genuinely different in Arkansas is what happens on either side of it — the Arkansas Secretary of State filing that has to exist first, and the state registrations that need the EIN once you have it.

Get the EIN for your Arkansas business

Pick your entity type and we take it from there: our specialists prepare the SS-4 with the name and formation date exactly as the state recorded them, file it, and email you the EIN, typically within 2 to 4 business days (7 to 10 if it has to go by fax).

LLC →Corporation →Sole Proprietor →Partnership →Trust →Estate →

The EIN step itself

One federal form, one agency, the same options wherever the business sits: online, fax, mail, or the international phone line. The method decides the timeline, not the state. Every method and what it actually takes covers that in full, and it applies to Arkansas unchanged.

What Arkansas needs first

Form your entity with the Arkansas Secretary of State before applying. The IRS asks for the legal name and formation date exactly as the state recorded them, and a mismatch is one of the common causes of a rejected application.

Arkansas assigns its own filing number. It identifies your company in state records and is not a tax ID. It cannot be used where an EIN is asked for, and the IRS has no record of it.

What Arkansas requires once you have the EIN

  • Register with the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration through the Arkansas Taxpayer Access Point (ATAP) for the state tax accounts the business needs, such as a sales tax permit; the Department directs businesses not already filing in Arkansas to register for state taxes there.
  • File the Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report with the Secretary of State on or before May 1 every year. Each report covers the calendar year that ended the previous December 31, so an LLC formed this year files its first report by May 1 of next year.

What is actually different about Arkansas

  • Arkansas LLCs do not file a separate annual report. The annual franchise tax report, filed with and paid to the Secretary of State rather than the tax department, serves as the annual report, and it is due on or before May 1 with no extensions; Arkansas eliminated franchise tax extensions by statute in 1991.
  • The Secretary of State's online franchise tax system asks for two things: the LLC's filing number and the federal tax ID on file with the Secretary of State. A company in its first year to file, or with no EIN on record yet, enters nine zeros instead, and the paper report carries its own Federal Tax ID line for the EIN.
  • Arkansas franchise tax keeps accruing even after the state revokes an LLC for not paying, and it continues until the company is formally dissolved, withdrawn or merged. Under Arkansas law the Secretary of State also refuses other business filings from an entity that has not paid, so an LLC that is simply abandoned keeps running up a balance.

Get Your EIN the Easy Way

Answer a few questions in about 5 minutes. Our specialists prepare your IRS Form SS-4, file it, personally handle any rejection or name conflict along the way, and get your EIN to you, typically within 2 to 4 business days, or 7 to 10 when the IRS requires the application by fax. One flat $197 service fee. No upsells, no subscriptions.

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EIN Registration is an independent document preparation and filing service and is not affiliated with the IRS or any government agency. You can also apply for an EIN directly with the IRS at irs.gov at no cost.