The only thing for certain is death and taxes — OK, so maybe not all taxes.
Terminally ill medical marijuana patients may be able to avoid paying the 7.5 percent state sales tax on the pain-, nausea-, and wasting-combating drug if a new proposal from the California Board of Equalization becomes law.
The BOE currently mandates all sales of medical cannabis be taxed, netting the state an estimated $100 million per year in sales taxes. Scores of California cities like San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and Richmond also assess their own local “sin” taxes on medical pot, on top of state sales tax, bringing in tens of millions of dollars more annually, reports show.
