What's the deal with the Marijuana tax stamps? If you pay tax you won't go to jail or get fined?

Answer 1

Huh? I've never heard of this, you can't tax a federally unlawful narcotic.

Answer 2

In Tennessee, we have what is called the Unauthorized Substance Tax Stamp. The TN. Department of Revenue sells the stamps (anonymously) to dealers of illicit drugs, spirits, etc and they are to be adhered to the packaging of the substances. If the dealer or person in the possession of the unauthorized substance does not have the stamp when arrested, the LEA can submit a form for the taxable amount to be issued to the agency (75% to Agency, 25% to Revenue Department). Since it's inception in 2004, this Stamp "act" has netted $600,000 in collections and over 15 million in assests. It works out well for the LEA, because it adds funds to there budget, just like confiscating a vehicle from a drug dealer and selling it at auction. If the dealer has the stamp, he can and will be arrested for possession w/ the intent to distribute or sell, but will not be made to pay the taxes.

Answer 3

In the United States, the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act, Pub. 238, 75th Congress, 50 Stat. 551 (Aug. 2, 1937), was one of the cornerstone bills that led to the criminalization of cannabis. It was introduced to U.S. Congress by Harry Anslinger, then Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.

The act did not itself criminalize the possession or usage of cannabis,[citation needed] but levied a tax equalling roughly one dollar on anyone who dealt commercially in marijuana. It did, however, include penalty provisions. Violations of proper procedure could result in a fine of up to $2000 and five years' imprisonment. The net effect was to make it too risky for anyone to deal in the substance.


Producer of Marihuana tax stamp.The bill was passed on the grounds that cannabis caused "murder, insanity and death". Today, it is generally accepted that these reasons were fictitious; in 1951, Anslinger However, new reasons had emerged by then, which pushed through a bill that superseded the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937.

In 1969 in Leary v. United States, this act was found to be unconstitutional since it violated the Fifth Amendment, since a person seeking the tax stamp would have to incriminate him/herself.[1] In response the Congress passed the Controlled Substances Act as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970[2]. The 1937 Act was repealed by the 1970 Act.

Although modern America uses the spelling "marijuana", in keeping with the most common spelling, the correct spelling for the Marihuana Tax Act is "Marihuana". "Marihuana" was the spelling most commonly used in Federal Government documents at the time. To stay consistent with prior law, it is still spelled "Marihuana" in some congressional bills such as HR 3037, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2005.

Answer 4

No. If you DON'T have the stamp you have committed an additional crime which is possession without a tax stamp. The office that sells them is not supposed to tell the cops who bought them. Actually I don't know if anyone has ever bought one. I checked once and the stamps were $100 for an oz of pot. They DO exist though and are required to be displayed on your bag to show that you paid the tax.

Answer 5

He stated to furnish unto Ceasar what's due. He did not advise to blindly supply your money away! it is the reason I make as many deductions as i will! Now a number of those religious leaders would have undesirable accountants (or dont use TaxSlayer like me) or they could be attempting to hold back. of course, what the governemnt thinks it particularly is due replaced into extra advantageous than what they theory the authorities could get, thus the reformatory time. quite, Jim Bakker misinform many human beings and deserved reformatory time. he's the only religious chief that i comprehend of that has gotten charged with tax fraud. EDIT: To the guy above me, they are actually not-for-earnings businesses. All not-for-earnings businesses get tax breaks; even the Church of devil.

Answer 6

Sorry, Mr. Officer, the tax stamps exist and, ridiculous as they are, they're law. It simply gives the govt the opportunity to toss in a tax evasion charge on top of anything else they choose to do.

It may seem like a case of testifying against yourself, but that's the way our system works.

Answer 7

the "Marihuana Stamp Act" of 1937 was the beginning but far from the end of the marijuana prohibition laws.
God made it, he gave it to Adam, along with all other plants of the similar type, as food. the government has over stepped it's bounds by over-riding God's word.
FYI: The Marihuana stamp act of 1937 required a stamp affixed to any hemp product. these stamps were issued during the early 40's to farmers growing hemp for the war effort. they even had the 4H club grow the seed stock for these farmers. the reason we needed the hemp was because the attack by the Japanese cut off our Chinese supply of hemp that was used to make parachute cord, shoe laces, navy rope and so on.

Answer 8

The tax stamp you all are refering to was created in 1937 and never issued. It was a way of making it illegal without making making a whole new type of legislation. These stamps were never printed nor will they ever be.

Answer 9

it's just a gimmick so they can charge you with more things.
If you actually tried to pay tax on your marijuana, they'd still arrest you for posession.