ST. PAUL, Minn. – Cannabis Taxes in Minnesota are on the rise.

They’re sitting at 10-percent now, but will go up to 15-percent on July 1, 2025.

The 10-percent rate was from July 1. 2023 to June 30. 2025.

All sales and purchases of taxable cannabis products are subject to the new tax rate.

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Retail sales of the following products are subject to the Cannabis Tax:

• Cannabis-derived products
  • Flower – harvested flower, bud, leaves, and stems of the cannabis plant
  • Concentrate and products containing cannabis concentrate
  • Products infused with cannabinoids, including THC
• Hemp-derived products
  • Items intended for human or animal consumption that contain either:
    • Hemp plant parts
    • Hemp concentrate or artificially derived cannabinoids in combination with other ingredients
  • Lower-potency hemp edibles – THC products intended to be eaten or consumed as a beverage by humans, containing hemp concentrate or artificially derived cannabinoids
• Vaping solution products that contain cannabis or hemp-derived products
• Substantially similar products
  • Any product that is substantially similar to vaping solution products, cannabis-derived products, and hemp-derived products is also subject to Cannabis Tax

Those taxes are special cannabis taxes.

Cannabis products are also subject to both the the 6.875% state general rate sales tax along with any applicable local sales taxes based on where the transaction takes place.