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Jason Rojas: “We were actually seeing... effective rates like 26 and 27%…”

Featuring: Jason Rojas, Democratic | Connecticut House of Representatives, 9th Assembly District

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Rep. Jason Rojas talks housing and cannabis | Face More Facts with Mike & Mike

Published | Video Starts at 16:54

Right. But when we had that potency tax, obviously it fluctuates with the amount of potency in a particular cannabis product that you're buying. So what We were actually seeing... effective rates like 26 and 27%, which is really making it cost prohibitive for the consumer. or incentivizing. 26 or 27% was the tax on it. That's right. For a product when our goal was really 20%. So I think we're looking to just make it a simpler tax structure. (16:54–17:01)

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Asserts that the effective tax rates on cannabis were higher than intended, making it cost prohibitive.

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