Cannabis Seller Tells Missouri Justices to Bar Local Tax Overlap

Missouri law bars multiple levels of local government from imposing overlapping cannabis taxes on a business, a marijuana dispensary told the state’s high court.

Robust Missouri Dispensary 3 LLC is challenging double imposition of local cannabis tax by both St. Louis County and Florissant, Mo., arguing that it violates the state constitution.

Article 14, section 2 of the Missouri constitution says that a single “local government” may impose a maximum 3% cannabis tax, in addition to the statewide cannabis sales tax, the dispensary said in a brief submitted to the Supreme Court of Missouri. A plain reading of the unambiguous ...