CCC
Massachusetts CCC-aware dispensary platform
Native compliance hooks for Massachusetts CCC rules. State 10.75% adult-use excise + 6.25% sales tax + up to 3% local option, METRC traceability, and the medical / adult-use / social-equity license lane separation CCC requires.
Regulator
Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC)
https://masscannabiscontrol.com ↗Statutes that bite
| Citation | Subject |
|---|---|
| M.G.L. c. 94G | Adult-use cannabis statute (Question 4 / 2016) |
| M.G.L. c. 94I | Medical cannabis program statute |
| 935 CMR 500 | CCC adult-use cannabis regulations |
| 935 CMR 501 | CCC medical cannabis regulations |
| M.G.L. c. 64N | 10.75% state cannabis excise tax |
Tax stack
Excise
10.75% Massachusetts state cannabis excise on adult-use retail sales (M.G.L. c. 64N). Medical cannabis is excise-exempt. Excise applies to gross retail receipts at point-of-sale.
Sales / Use
6.25% Massachusetts state sales tax — applied to adult-use retail sales on top of the 10.75% excise. Medical cannabis is sales-tax-exempt under separate statute.
Local option
Up to 3% local cannabis sales tax — adopted by most municipalities by ordinance under M.G.L. c. 64N §3. Auto-tagged per store address; rates published by DOR.
Compliance topics surfaced in-platform
- Age 21+ adult-use / 18+ medical ID verification with split lanes
- METRC traceability handoff (CCC mandates real-time package tracking; reconciliation export shaped to CCC's API integration spec)
- Patient registry lookup hook (medical / Registered Qualifying Patient profile)
- Daily inventory reconciliation export per 935 CMR 500.105 record-keeping
- Social-equity priority license + Economic Empowerment applicant tracking surfaced inline (CCC's program is one of the most documented in the country)
What ships on day-1 for MA
- Adult-use vs medical product lanes with separate excise + sales-tax stacks (medical exempt from both)
- 10.75% excise + 6.25% sales + local 3% stack derivation per store address
- Manager write-up assistant configurable to MA labor + CCC rule taxonomy
- CCC monthly inventory + transfer reporting auto-generated
We serve here — honestly
We don’t operate stores in Massachusetts. We do follow CCC bulletins, the 10.75 + 6.25 + local-3 tax-stack pain, the METRC-cadence reporting requirements, and the social-equity priority program framework. CannAgent ships MA support with the same compliance discipline we apply to WSLCB — and we’ll say it directly when something’s off.
Operator playbooks
Compliance ops playbook
State traceability reconciliation — the daily, weekly, monthly discipline
Buyer scorecard
Picking a cannabis POS: the 7-question scorecard
Migration playbook
POS migration: a 4-week playbook for cannabis dispensaries
Operations deep-dive
Cash discipline at a cannabis dispensary: variance, escalation, audit
Massachusetts cannabis retail — common questions
- Who regulates cannabis retail in Massachusetts?
- Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) is the state cannabis regulator for Massachusetts. Official site: https://masscannabiscontrol.com.
- What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Massachusetts use?
- Massachusetts uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.
- What cannabis taxes apply to retail in Massachusetts?
- 10.75% Massachusetts state cannabis excise on adult-use retail sales (M.G.L. c. 64N). Medical cannabis is excise-exempt. Excise applies to gross retail receipts at point-of-sale. 6.25% Massachusetts state sales tax — applied to adult-use retail sales on top of the 10.75% excise. Medical cannabis is sales-tax-exempt under separate statute. Up to 3% local cannabis sales tax — adopted by most municipalities by ordinance under M.G.L. c. 64N §3. Auto-tagged per store address; rates published by DOR.
- Is CannAgent available for Massachusetts dispensaries?
- Regulatory-summary coverage for Massachusetts is live; engineering capacity opens as operator demand lands. Join the waitlist on this page to signal interest for MA.
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See it on your MA data.
30-minute demo on a sandbox shaped like your store. End the call with a fixed-scope quote and a MA-aware cutover plan.