Michigan Marijuana Tax Revenue: 14 Oakland County Communities Set to Receive Millions

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Fourteen Oakland County communities will share nearly $3 million in revenue collected from Michigan's 10% recreational marijuana excise tax during the 2024 fiscal year.

Each eligible municipality and county will receive $58,228.66 for every licensed recreational marijuana retail store and microbusiness. A total of 50 marijuana businesses across the 14 communities will result in Oakland County receiving a separate payment of $2,911,433.

Those 14 communities are:

Berkley
Ferndale
Hazel Park
Village of Holly
Village of Lake Orion
Madison Heights
Orion Township
Oxford Township
Village of Oxford
Pleasant Ridge
Royal Oak
Southfield
Walled Lake
Waterford Township

During fiscal year 2023, 12 communities were home to 37 marijuana businesses, and the county's payment from the state was $2,127,109. According to an analysis by Kurt Metzger of the Oakland County Times, the $99.5 million collected from among Michigan's cities, villages, and townships during the 2024 fiscal year represents about a 14% increase from the $87 million in tax revenue generated for the 2023 fiscal year. Oakland County's marijuana tax revenue increased by about 37% during the 2024 fiscal year compared to the previous year.

Michigan voters approved the legalization of recreational marihuana (the state spells the word with an "h") for adults 21 and older in 2018 — the first state in the Midwest to do so. The Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act (MRTMA), the legislation that resulted from the vote, applies an excise tax of 10% on retail marihuana sales in addition to the state's 6% sales tax.

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