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Washington Governor Jay Inslee (D) has signed laws into regulation to exempt registered medical marijuana sufferers from the state's 37 p.c hashish excise tax, which is presently one of many highest within the nation. The exemption solely applies, nonetheless, to merchandise which have been licensed to larger testing requirements than typical state authorized merchandise.
HB 1453, which the legislators despatched to the governor earlier this month, will permit sufferers and registered caregivers to keep away from the tax once they purchase merchandise that adjust to the testing requirements of the Division of Well being (DOH). Medical marijuana card holders are already eligible for exemptions from gross sales and use taxes on hashish, however are presently not exempt from the state excise tax.
The tax exemption solely utilized to merchandise which can be DOH compliant, which means the merchandise have been examined extra rigorously for security. Whereas producers within the state are required to submit all medical and grownup merchandise to laboratories for testing, producers can voluntarily perform extra assessments – for screening for heavy metals, for instance – that’s not in any other case required. Marijuana that passes the extra check might be labeled with a emblem developed by DOH.
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Washington governor indicators regulation exempting medical marijuana sufferers from paying tax on specified merchandise
