State Marijuana Tax

[herbal essences]

How does a state marijuana tax work, I see that my state is one of the 20 that has it.

Tax Rate: $3.50/gram if owner possesses 40 grams or more

Penalty for Nonpayment (Civil and Criminal ) 200% of tax and up to $10k or 5 years prison or both

Additional Information

Found unconstitutional as double jeopardy in Commissioner of Revenue v. Robert Mullings, 428 Mass. 406; later amended to comply.


Does anyone understand how this works? Just curious, I cant seem to make any sense of anything I've read about it. Any info is appreciated.

 

[ArcticBlast]

Its just another way that they can fuck you.

Like, if you have an awesome lawyer and you get no jail time, they can still make mad money off of you, and can still throw you in jail for "tax evasion" or some shit. Its amazingly unconstitutional, as you said.

ArcticBlast

 

[hamstring]

Checkout Big Mo's thread he had to pay the tax and got busted to boot it sucks.
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=99714


In the United States, the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act, Pub. 238, 75th Congress, 50 Stat. 551 (Aug. 2, 1937), was a significant bill on the path that led to the criminalization of cannabis. It was introduced to U.S. Congress by "Drug Czar" Harry Anslinger, then Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.

The Act did not itself criminalize the possession or usage of hemp, marijuana or cannabis, but levied a tax equaling roughly one dollar on anyone who dealt commercially in cannabis, hemp or marijuana. It did, however, include penalty provisions and a complex Regulation 1 codifying the elaborate rules of enforcement marijuana cannabis or hemp handlers were subject to. Violation of these procedures could result in a fine of up to $2000 and five years' imprisonment. The net effect was to make it too risky for anyone to deal in the substance until World War II required the United States Department of Agriculture to make its 1942 movie "Hemp for Victory". The film encouraged and taught farmers to grow variants of hemp suitable as raw material for hawsers used by U.S Marines; the hemp was used as a substitute for other raw materials that were blocked by Japan.

 

[FreezerBoy]

LOL I thought it read State Massacre Tax. Oh well, never mind.

 

[Pinball Wizard]

just another way to increase the fine...they want to tax your ass after the fact.