Section 493 - Imposition of tax(a) There is hereby imposed a tax on adult-use cannabis products sold by a distributor to a person who sells adult-use cannabis products at retail at the rate of nine percent of the amount charged for the sale or transfer of such adult-use cannabis products to such retailer; provided that where a person who distributes adult-use cannabis is licensed under the cannabis law as a microbusiness or registered organization and such person sells adult-use cannabis products at retail, such person shall be liable for the tax, such tax shall accrue at the time of the retail sale, and the amount subject to the tax imposed by this subdivision shall be seventy-five percent of the amount charged by such person for the sale or transfer of such products to a retail customer.
(b) In addition to any other tax imposed by this chapter or other law, there is hereby imposed a tax of nine percent of the amount charged for the sale or transfer of adult-use cannabis products to a retail customer by a person who sells adult-use cannabis products at retail. This tax is imposed on the person who sells adult-use cannabis at retail and shall accrue at the time of such sale or transfer.(c) In addition to the taxes imposed by subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section, there is hereby imposed a tax on the sale or transfer of adult-use cannabis products to a retail customer by a person who sells adult-use cannabis products at retail at the rate of four percent of the amount charged by such person for such adult-use cannabis product, which tax shall accrue at the time of such sale or transfer. The tax imposed by this subdivision is imposed on a person who sells adult-use cannabis products at retail, and shall be paid to the commissioner in trust for and on account of a city having a population of a million or more, and counties (other than counties wholly within such a city), towns, villages, and cities with a population of less than a million in which a retail dispensary is located.(d) The taxes imposed by this section shall not apply to sales of adult-use cannabis to a person holding a cannabis research license under section thirty-nine of the cannabis law.Amended by New York Laws 2024, ch. 59,Sec. L-1, eff. 4/20/2024, op. to sales of adult-use cannabis products on or after 6/1/2024.Added by New York Laws 2021, ch. 92,Sec. 39, eff. 4/1/2022.