How the tax works
New Jersey charges 6.625% sales tax on adult-use cannabis. A city or town may also impose a separately stated local transfer tax of up to 2% on the pretax sale. On a $100 adult-use purchase, state sales tax rounds to $6.63; the total runs from $106.63 without local tax to $108.63 with a 2% local rate. This estimate treats the separately listed local tax as another charge on the pretax price; check the store receipt. Only three checked adult-use city or town rates are listed here.
Registered medical cannabis sales have no state sales tax, but a local transfer tax of up to 2% may still apply. Without a verified medical local rate, a $100 medical purchase shows $100–$102. A listed adult-use city rate must not be assumed for medical purchases. State cultivation and social-equity business fees are not direct consumer taxes added here.
Use a pretax retail price after discounts, excluding separately stated taxes. Tax-inclusive advertised prices must be converted to a pretax price first. Store fees, delivery charges and receipt rounding can change the amount owed; this estimate does not resolve their tax treatment.
Sources and limits
- New Jersey Treasury: recreational cannabis sales tax
- New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission: medical sales tax
- New Jersey law: medical local transfer tax
- New Jersey law: separately stated local transfer tax
- New Jersey sales-tax rounding guidance
- Eatontown cannabis tax code
- Jersey City cannabis tax standards
- West New York cannabis tax code
Rates and eligibility can change. Check the official sources, your transaction type and location before relying on a checkout estimate. This is general information, not tax or legal advice.