Calif. attempt to resolve tax issue could make it worse: Industry

California’s tax agency is attempting to resolve confusion about how dispensaries in Los Angeles and some other cities calculate taxes. Industry groups, however, warn that the agency's proposal would make the problem worse.

In summer 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed A.B. 195, ending the industry-hated cultivation tax. It also shifted responsibility for remitting the state’s 15% excise tax from distributors to retailers.

 

Before the shift took effect in January, it became apparent that the city of . . .