Errata in Tax Foundation Marijuana tax data — NY, CA, NM

At my age, now that A.I. is taking over proofreading, I feel like a good thing I can do is to set the record straight.  For instance, the Tax Foundation’s tax piece of its cannabis posting, https://taxfoundation.org/blog/states-act-2-0-federal-cannabis-reform/, has incorrect information, as of August 12.  (I wrote an author August 8 and haven’t heard back.) 

It has this:

But that’s been repealed:

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They have this

But California collects ad valorem at retail – not with average rate.

https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/industry/cannabis/tax-facts.htm#:~:text=Failure%20to%20separately%20state%20the,15%20percent%20cannabis%20excise%20tax

Looks like the Colorado line was copied.

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They don’t mention that New Mexico’s ad valorem tax ratches up over time.

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I stopped reading, at least for a while. There may be more problems.

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