Adding an extra sales tax on recreational marijuana in Kansas City, Missouri, is on the agenda Tuesday at city hall.Eventually, Kansas City voters will have the last word on this tax.A measure under consideration Tuesday would let voters decide on placing an extra city sales tax on recreational marijuana.Once dispensaries are up and running with those retail sales, the tax income could be a boon to the city.This proposed sales tax would be an extra 3% tax on top of the other sales taxes in place.The statewide 6% sales tax on recreational marijuana sales was mandated by amendment 3 when it was approved by Missouri voters last November.The vote legalized the use and sale of recreational marijuana.Tuesday’s proposal would hold Kansas City’s sales tax election on April 4.The sales tax proposal is in the city’s special committee for legal review, which meets at 1:30 p.m.Recreational marijuana sales in Missouri are now just a little over a month away.The state’s nearly 200 medical marijuana dispensaries have the inside track on recreational sales. Owners of small businesses are applying for a lottery to get chosen for a license.Adults 21 and older will legally be able to buy recreational marijuana when sales do get underway. Adults of the same age can already possess three ounces or less of the drug.
Adding an extra sales tax on recreational marijuana in Kansas City, Missouri, is on the agenda Tuesday at city hall.
Eventually, Kansas City voters will have the last word on this tax.
A measure under consideration Tuesday would let voters decide on placing an extra city sales tax on recreational marijuana.
Once dispensaries are up and running with those retail sales, the tax income could be a boon to the city.
This proposed sales tax would be an extra 3% tax on top of the other sales taxes in place.
The statewide 6% sales tax on recreational marijuana sales was mandated by amendment 3 when it was approved by Missouri voters last November.
The vote legalized the use and sale of recreational marijuana.
Tuesday’s proposal would hold Kansas City’s sales tax election on April 4.
The sales tax proposal is in the city’s special committee for legal review, which meets at 1:30 p.m.
Recreational marijuana sales in Missouri are now just a little over a month away.
The state’s nearly 200 medical marijuana dispensaries have the inside track on recreational sales. Owners of small businesses are applying for a lottery to get chosen for a license.
Adults 21 and older will legally be able to buy recreational marijuana when sales do get underway. Adults of the same age can already possess three ounces or less of the drug.
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