Half of Springfield dispensaries didn’t pay 3% marijuana sales tax – Springfield Daily Citizen

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Half of the 10 Springfield marijuana dispensaries haven’t properly reported the additional 3% city sales tax on cannabis that went into effect at the start of 2024.

In March, five Springfield dispensaries did not report the 3% sales tax, David Holtmann, director of finance at the City of Springfield, said at a City Council lunch May 7 during a presentation on the 2025 city government budget. In January, three dispensaries did not report the 3% sales tax. There were four that didn’t report in February.

There are 10 licensed cannabis dispensaries in Springfield that should be reporting the additional 3% sales tax, Holtmann said. The city’s finance director declined to disclose individual dispensaries that were not reporting taxes properly, saying that was “proprietary information.”

Even though the dispensaries’ failure to report is impacting the city’s budget, albeit minimally, the city government does not have