In a growing legal fight that many predicted, two marijuana companies in Missouri are suing to overturn local taxes they argue are unconstitutional.
Adult-use sales began in February in Missouri, where cannabis buyers pay a 6% state tax – one of the lowest rates in the United States.
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Additional municipal taxes of up to 3% are allowed if voters approve such a levy via a ballot initiative.
But several counties in the state are illegally “stacking” a 3% county tax on top of the 3% municipal tariff, the Missouri Cannabis Trade Association told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
According to two recent lawsuits challenging the county taxes, that extra 3% tax is expressly forbidden under the adult-use legalization measure approved by voters in November 2022.
Vertical Enterprise, headquartered in St. Joseph in Buchanan County, and Robust Dispensary, based in Florissant in St. Louis County, argue in
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