Municipal governments in Missouri may stack additional taxes on adult-use cannabis sales on top of the 6% state tax, according to a judge’s ruling.
Cannabis producer Robust Missouri filed a lawsuit challenging whether the constitutional amendment that legalized marijuana in the state “whether the law intended for local governments (such as counties and cities) to be able to impose a maximum of 3% sales combined, or if they can each impose a 3% sales tax,” according to the Missouri Independent.
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St. Louis County Circuit Judge Brian May on Thursday clarified that both counties and cities may both impose taxes on cannabis sales.
“If (Robust’s) interpretation were accepted, then a municipality or city would essentially be given carte blanche to ignore any county
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