Alaska cannabis tax revenue tops 0K in September

Stock Daily Dish report…. Alaska‘s marijuana tax revenue continued a steady climb upward in September, with $723,757 collected statewide, according to a state official. Sixty-four growers from across the Interior, Southcentral and Southeast paid taxes to the Alaska Department of Revenue last month, wrote Kelly Mazzei, excise tax supervisor in the tax division. Under Alaska‘s law, growers pay the tax of $50 an ounce for bud, and $15 an ounce for other parts of the plant, like leaves and stems. A total of 716 pounds of bud was sold wholesale in September, and 630 pounds of trim, according to data provided by Mazzei. Fifteen of the cannabis growers were in Fairbanks, and 10 were in Anchorage. Juneau, Kasilof, North Pole and Soldotna each had four growers, and the rest were scattered across other communities, Mazzei wrote in an email. To date, Alaska has collected $3,741,810 in cannabis taxes. Most of it — a full 68 percent — has been paid in cash, Mazzei wrote. Alaska‘s  Oct. 29, 2016. Revenue was slow to start, as demand outweighed supply, and to keep their doors open. In June, after three months of hovering around $250,000. Since then, tax revenue has steadily climbed. Mazzei wrote that October‘s…

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