After a an appeals court ruled the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors overstepped when it "impermissibly broadened the scope" of the cannabis tax voters approved in 2016, the county is beginning the process of refunding potentially millions of dollars in tax payments.
In a press release, the county is introducing a process for people who paid cannabis excise taxes under Measure S from 2017 through 2021 to request a refund.
"In order for an application to be considered for a refund, taxpayers need to provide documentation that they did not cultivate cannabis during the year they were assessed a tax or that they cultivated an area that was different from that of their permit," the press release states. "Taxpayers seeking a refund will need to submit an assessment appeal application, along with an additional form that is specific to the refund claim, to the Clerk of the Board's Office. A separate application must be submitted for each year that a refund is sought, within four years from the date the tax was paid."
The county will then review the applications and compare them to "available information, including but not limited to satellite imagery and state tax records," and then either pause a settlement with the applicant or more to an assessment appeal hearing.
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