Medical Marijuana Tax Revolt Brewing
Like every other medical marijuana dispensary in the state, Hodges paid state sales taxes in order to appease the Board of Equalization, which levies the same tax rate on pot clubs (8.375 percent, as of Oct. 1) as any other business. Except Hodges does ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Tax Cheat or Hero? Medical Marijuana Tax Revolt Brewing
Taxes are never far from Dave Hodges' mind. According to the state of California, Hodges, the founder and operator of the All American Cannabis Club in San Jose, owes almost a quarter million dollars in back taxes. According to Hodges, the state owes ...blogs.sfweekly.com
'Marijuana Dealer And Nefarious Dude' Resume Makes The Rounds (PHOTO)
In 2011, Colorado pulled in $5 milllion in sales taxes from medical marijuana businesses, <a href="http://www.www.huffingtonpost.com
Marijuana Legalization TV Ad Says: 'Let's Have Marijuana Tax Money Go To Our ...
If marijuana is legalized in Colorado it would be taxed and regulated similar to alcohol and tobacco. It would give state and local governments the ability to control and tax the sale of small amounts of marijuana to adults age 21 and older. According ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Palo Alto Mulls Medical Marijuana, With Conservative Backing
The city's elected officials agree: They all hate Measure C, despite the permit fees and local taxes voter-approved medical marijuana clubs would bring in. Yet the idea of allowing legal cannabis within "Shallow Alto" city limits does have backers ...blogs.sfweekly.com
Little organized opposition to marijuana-legalization initiative
Research: Portion of taxes dedicated to marijuana research, prevention programs and state health-care fund. Medical marijuana: Does not change state medical law. Homegrown: Does not allow home growing; marijuana may be bought only at state-licensed ...seattletimes.com
Marijuana Washing Up On South Florida Shores At Record Rate
In 2011, Colorado pulled in $5 milllion in sales taxes from medical marijuana businesses, <a href="http://www.www.huffingtonpost.com
Why Medical Marijuana Patients Are Protesting at Obama's Campaign ...
And it was frustrating to watch Obama's now-infamous Harold and Kumar video, in which he asked fictional stoners for support while turning his back on real-life medical marijuana patients. In four years, Obama's DEA has taken action against far more ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Keywords: Drug War, Marijuana
In a country currently suffering from a recession, regulating marijuana could produce vast tax revenues. Each year, California already collects $50-100 million in sales tax from medical marijuana. According to the CA State Board of Equalization ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Regulations work: Lessons from California's experience with medical marijuana
A key benefit of the regulation of medical cannabis is the generation of tax revenue for the state of California and for local governments that have instituted local taxes on dispensaries. The State Board of Equalization began to collect state sales ...blog.chron.com
Medical marijuana supporter confident of ballot victory, but Palo Alto leader ...
The specific question that Palo Alto voters will face on Nov. 6 is whether to allow three medical marijuana dispensaries; the city now has none.peninsulapress.com
Los Angeles repeals ban on medical marijuana shops
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles City Council voted to rescind a newly enacted ban on storefront medical marijuana shops on Tuesday, allowing the city to avoid a referendum next year that some officials said would likely succeed in reversing the ...news.yahoo.com
Boulder's medical marijuana industry thins in face of strict city regulation
Even as the number of dispensaries has declined in Boulder, tax revenue from the medical marijuana industry has remained relatively stable.www.dailycamera.com
Ann Arbor Tables Medical Marijuana Question
The board-recommended revisions to the medical marijuana licensing ordinance are laid out in detail in The Chronicle's coverage of the medical marijuana licensing board's Jan. 31, 2012 meeting. [.pdf of recommended licensing ordinance revisions ...annarborchronicle.com
Commentary: Medical marijuana and taxes
Fourteen years before any medical marijuana laws existed, US Tax Code was amended because a convicted coke dealer had successfully deducted guns, boats, and bribes.www.boulderweekly.com
$147000 tax bill for Victoria's medical-marijuana club
Victoria - The tax man has come knocking at the door of the Cannabis Buyers Club of Canada, and its founder said there will be full compliance from the organization.www.vancouversun.com
Boozman: Hogs will 'live to fight another day'
John Boozman, R-Ark. U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., talked Tuesday (Oct. 2) about highway funding, the national debt, taxes, medical marijuana and one of the key issues now facing many Arkansans - the 1-4 start to the Razorback football season.www.thecitywire.com
Marijuana Tax Returns to Rules
According to the city's Department of Finance, in the past fiscal year, 80 of the 158 medical marijuana dispensaries have "never, or only sporadically, paid the medical marijuana tax approved by voters in 2010 through Measure U." The councilmembers ...www.sanjoseinside.com
L.A. Gives Initial Approval To Repeal Medical Marijuana Ban
Medical marijuana has been allowed in California since voters passed Proposition 215 sixteen years ago. But two years ago, voters rejected a measure to tax the medical marijuana industry. Meanwhile, neighborhood groups in Los Angeles have been ...www.neontommy.com
Arkansas court upholds medical marijuana ballot initiative
The amount of time, manpower and tax dollars wasted on this issue is deplorable. Marijuana is a plant, and being such, man cannot control it.news.yahoo.com
No comments:
Post a Comment