Sonoma County's elected officials addressed cannabis business taxes. According to staff analyst McCall Miller, Sonoma County's cannabis taxes are comparable with those of our neighbors.
"We're right in line with Nevada County, Monterey County, Mendocino, and Lake Counties," Miller said. Currently, outdoor cultivation is taxed at 75 cents per square foot. Mixed light cultivation is taxed at three dollars per square foot and indoor?
12 dollars and 50 cents per square foot. But, county supervisors voted to change the cannabis tax rates for the next fiscal year, going with the staff recommendation Miller outlined.
"[Which will] adjust the outdoor cultivation tax rate to 69 cents per square foot, adjust the mixed light cannabis cultivation tax rate to two dollars and 51 cents per square foot, and adjust the indoor cultivation tax rate to seven dollars and 58 cents per square foot," Miller said.
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