The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that counties cannot impose an additional 3% sales tax on adult-use marijuana sales within incorporated areas, putting an end to a costly and controversial tax stacking practice.
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday, in a 6-1 ruling, struck down a controversial tax practice that allowed counties to stack an extra 3% sales tax on adult-use marijuana purchases made within incorporated areas, cities, towns, and villages that had already enacted their own cannabis tax.
The Majority ruling, authored by Judge Mary Russell, rejected a lower court's decision that had sided with St. Louis and St. Charles counties, which had argued they were entitled to levy their own tax on top of those applied by local municipalities.
"The plain language of article XIV, section 2 limits the definition of 'local government' to allow only one local government to impose a 3 percent tax, a village, town, or city in an incorporated area, and a county in an unincorporated area," wrote Judge Russell.
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