Oakland voters approve marijuana tax
Oakland voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the nation’s first ever business tax on retail marijuana sales.
According to preliminary election results, approximately 80 percent of Oakland voters approved the new tax (which appeared on the ballot as Measure F), which imposes an additional tax for “cannabis businesses” of $18 for every $1,000 of gross receipts beginning January 1, 2010.
Presently, Oakland’s medical cannabis dispensaries are taxed at the same rate as other retail sales businesses ($60 per year for the $50,000 of gross receipts, plus $1.20 for each additional $100,000).
Four dispensaries are licensed by the Oakland City Council to sell and dispense medical marijuana.
According to a financial analysis by the Oakland City Auditor, Oakland’s new cannabis business tax will generate an estimated $300,000 in additional annual tax revenue.
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The federal laws against marijuana will never be abolished and this marijuana tax is just another book to throw at you. Unless I'm mistaken, pot taxes have been passed in less than pot-friendly states before just so you can charge dealers with tax evasion, they go away for ten more years. The mainstream media has once again done its job, this time synonimising 'legitimate' with 'sales tax.' Like the article pointed out, it's already taxed in Oakland - at the same rate as EVERYTHING, because there is a tax on EVERYTHING. Look whether any of you like it or not, whoever has been championing this as a 'good idea' has been guilted into paying taxes by the state. They beat us, humiliate us, chase us, jail us, take our kids and homes away from us, they even rape and kill us for being any sort of marijuana user we happen to be, AND NOW THEY HAVE EXCISED A TAX FROM US BASED ON YOUR GUILT. 1.8% IS TOO FUCKING MUCH WHEN THE POGROM ON MARIJUANA USERS CONTINUES!
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