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Rest7

Reduction: $562,920
(58% Reduction)

Tobacco Result 4

Reduction:
$2,191,921 (97% Reduction)

Change in Excise Tax Obligation for Sales of Cannabis

Beginning January 1, 2023, cannabis retailers will be responsible for collecting and paying the cannabis excise tax to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA).   The new application of tax is a departure from the previous application of tax in which the distributor was responsible for remitting both the cultivator and the distributor excise taxes.  Under the new law, a 15% cannabis excise tax will be applied to the gross receipts of the retail sale of cannabis and retailers will now be required to obtain a cannabis retailer’s license which will create a requirement for them to report […]