The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District determined that counties don't have authority as a local government to impose an additional sales tax on recreational marijuana. In one case, cannabis customers paid a total sales tax of nearly 21%.
A panel of Missouri appellate judges ruled Tuesday that the constitution's "plain, unambiguous" language means cities and counties cannot stack marijuana sales taxes.
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District's decision reversed a lower court's ruling in May that allowed both Florissant and St. Louis County to impose a 3% sales tax on marijuana products.
That resulted in customers at the Florissant-based dispensary Robust Missouri 3 LLC paying a total sales tax of 20.988% — a 14.988% sales tax rate plus the statewide 6% adult-use marijuana tax.
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