Marijuana Revenue Competition — Look Out Below

7 Pages Posted: 27 Jun 2018

Date Written: May 7, 2018

Abstract

Beyond the ever-present illegal market, a more subtle threat to marijuana revenue lurks: Tax competitors (think: tax havens) threaten subnational jurisdictions that can’t or don’t control their borders.

This article presents a framework for looking at threats to marijuana revenue: 1. The illegal market can be marginalized by law enforcement or low taxes. 2. Only low taxes can defeat legal tax competitors. 3. Tax competition threatens local retail taxes more than state retail taxes. 4. Tax competition threatens local producer taxes much more than state producer taxes. 5. Federal legalization would ipso facto expose state taxes to daunting competition.

Keywords: tax, cannabis, marijuana, revenue, black market, law enforcement

Suggested Citation

Oglesby, Pat, Marijuana Revenue Competition — Look Out Below (May 7, 2018). State Tax Notes, Vol. 88, No. 6, 2018, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3190279

Pat Oglesby (Contact Author)

Center for New Revenue ( email )

1830 North Lakeshore Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

HOME PAGE: http://www.newrevenue.org

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