An appeals court in Tennessee has ruled that the “crack tax” is not constitutionally valid. The “crack tax” is exactly what it sounds like – a tax (with penalty and interest, if applicable) on the possession of crack and other “unauthorized substances” under Tennessee law.
The court ruled that “the statute is arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable and, therefore, invalid under the Tennessee Constitution.”
Which leads me to wonder… what about the pimp tax? I’m guessing it’s a no, too.
Do they have pimps in TN?
Hello,
I was wondering is anyone knows when supreme court in tn is going to rule on the “crack tax”. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time
My friend was caught with 50 lbs of weed and had to pay $86,000 in tax plus 5% interest each month until it is paid (thats $4,500 interest the first month). Additional Fees ($1,200) , court cost ($700), attorney fees (($15,000), probation fees for several years ($10,000 total) and jail time (Not sure how much, yet), and a record tht will punish him for the rest of his life. Before its all over something that cost him $27,000 and that he would of made $4,000 will now cost him $150,000 and probably years in jail. So whos the bad guy? The government!!! He didnt murder anyone but got punished more then what a convicted killer would have got. This crack tax does not help the person it basically ruins peoples life, destroys families, makes kids grow up in a house with divorced parents and deep financial stress and gives them no possible chance of geting their life and family on a normal life. So when you see these kids on the street using hard drugs (unlike weed), stealing, robbing, or even worse because their family has been destroyed by this crack tax and the kids would rather be on the streets than watching and hearing their parents at home fighting about their financial situations then thank the U.S. Government or in other words The Bigest Mob Orginization on the planet!
it’s unconstitutional because if he had paid the tax when due (upon purchase) they would jail him for possession; leaving him no option for ‘doing the right thing.’
i think this tax is just another way for them crooks in our goverment to take money.
now they will figure a way to stick it in there on pocket . and they will before its over with.