Local governments in Missouri can add a 3% local tax on marijuana products to state sales tariffs, but the law forbids cities and counties to “stack” local levies on top of one another.
That’s the “unambiguous” language in the state constitution, according to a Missouri Court of Appeals decision that’s set to cut retail taxes on marijuana products in St. Louis County.
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Ninety of the state’s 114 counties imposed a 3% local cannabis tax on top of the state’s 14.98% sales tax, the Missouri Independent reported.
But 74 of those counties also include a city or town that’s imposed its own 3% on top of the county lax.
That’s the practice that the appeals court says is unconstitutional.
The challenge was centered
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