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Benjamin Patrick

Benjamin Patrick is a 2024 summer intern with the Tax Foundation’s Center for State Tax Policy.

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Rescheduling marijuana and rescheduling cannabis Department of Justice DOJ tax and legalization of cannabis and marijuana Section 280E

What Are the Tax Consequences of Rescheduling Marijuana?

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that it would move to reschedule marijuana. This move doesn’t do as much for legal cannabis sales as proposed federal legislation like the States 2.0 Act, but rescheduling cannabis has major ramifications for cannabis businesses.

4 min read
2024 sales tax holidays by state tax free weekends

Sales Tax Holidays by State, 2024

However well-intended they may be, sales tax holidays remain the same as they always have been—ineffective and inefficient.

11 min read
California internet tax California data extraction mitigation fee California Journalism Preservation Act

California Explores New Ways to Tax the Internet

The data extraction mitigation fee is modeled after Maryland’s digital advertising tax, which has been mired in litigation since its inception and is very likely unconstitutional and in conflict with federal law.

6 min read