FOR MICHIGAN DISPENSARIES
The short answer
A Michigan dispensary POS has to report every sale to Metrc and apply two different tax treatments on one counter. Adult-use sales carry the 10% marihuana excise tax plus the 6% state sales tax, while medical sales are exempt from the excise tax. Published software prices start at $240 a month (IndicaOnline Core, billed annually) and $349 a month (Cova Boutique), with Flowhub, BLAZE and Dutchie quoting after a demo.
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10% excise tax
Michigan marihuana excise tax on adult-use retail sales, on top of the 6% sales tax
Metrc
The seed-to-sale system used for Michigan state tracking
$240 a month
Lowest published POS software price that applies to a two-register Michigan store
Michigan runs a mixed medical and adult-use market, and in the busiest metro areas stores sit within a few minutes of each other. In that kind of market the register is a margin tool. A POS that taxes a medical patient like an adult-use customer, or the reverse, creates a filing problem that shows up at the end of the month.
The other half of the job is the state tracking system. Michigan uses Metrc, and a store whose register and Metrc disagree about a package has to find out why before an auditor does. This page sets out what each rule makes the register do, what the systems cost, and how to test one before you sign.
Why it works
The register either reports through the Metrc API or someone keys sales in by hand. Ask any vendor to receive a package and sell part of it in front of you.
Adult-use sales pay the 10% excise tax and the 6% sales tax. Medical sales are exempt from the excise tax. The POS should pick the right treatment per customer and show each tax as its own line.
Adult-use buyers must be 21 or older and medical patients need a valid registry card. Scanning should capture both and keep a log you can produce.
With many stores per mile, discounts and loyalty carry the sale. Look for promotions that apply before tax and still leave the tax lines correct.
Growing in Michigan usually means a second or third location. The POS should add a store with its own license number, tax profile and inventory.
You want reports that show register inventory against Metrc by package, and sales by tax type, ready to hand to an auditor or your accountant.
How it works
Ring the same flower and edible once as an adult-use customer and once as a medical patient. Only the first should carry the 10% excise tax, and the totals should match what your accountant files.
Ask the vendor to receive a package from a sandbox manifest, sell part of it, then adjust it. Force the call to Metrc to fail and watch whether the sale queues, retries or silently disappears.
Scan a Michigan license and a registry card. Check that the log records who was checked and when.
Software, hardware per register, setup, Metrc integration and payments as separate lines. Anchor quote-only vendors against the published cards on this page before you negotiate.
The meter test
No vendor publishes a Michigan price, so these are the national prices that apply to a two-register store. Grey bars are the vendor's own published price. Gold bars are third-party reports the vendor does not confirm.
The numbers
| Rule | Source | What it says | What the POS has to do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracking system | Cannabis Regulatory Agency | Licensees track plants and products in Metrc | Receive, sell and adjust against Metrc packages through the API |
| Excise tax | Michigan Treasury, MRTMA | 10% on adult-use retail sales, medical sales exempt | Apply the excise tax by customer type and show it as its own line |
| Sales tax | Michigan Treasury | 6% state sales tax applies on top of the excise tax absent a valid exemption | Keep the sales tax as a separate line and total it by period |
| Age and patient checks | Cannabis Regulatory Agency | 21 or older for adult-use, registry card for medical | Capture the ID or card at the counter and keep the log |
Tax treatment from Michigan Treasury guidance on the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, read in November 2026. Other taxes apply further up the supply chain and rules change, so confirm current figures with the Cannabis Regulatory Agency and Michigan Treasury before configuring a register.
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Yes. Michigan uses Metrc as its state seed-to-sale tracking system. A POS passes each sale to the state through the Metrc API, so a package leaves inventory when it sells.
Every POS marketing to Michigan says it integrates with Metrc, so the claim alone does not separate them. Receive a package live, sell half of it, adjust it and compare the balance in Metrc with the register. Our page on cannabis inventory software covers the tracking layer by state.
Michigan charges a 10% excise tax on adult-use retail sales, and the 6% state sales tax applies on top of it. Medical sales are exempt from the excise tax. That puts an adult-use basket at about 16% in state taxes before any local charges, and a medical basket at 6%.
For a register that means the tax depends on who is standing at the counter. Ask each vendor how it decides the treatment, who changes a rate, how the change is logged, and whether a historical sale keeps the rate it was charged at.
About $240 to $1,000 a month per location for software, because no vendor publishes a Michigan price and the national cards apply. IndicaOnline Core is $240 a month billed annually or $300 billed monthly with two POS licenses, and Cova's Boutique tier covers two workstations at $349 a month with Cova Pay or $389 without. Third parties report Flowhub at $399 to $499 a month, BLAZE from about $500 a month, and Dutchie at $499 to $1,000 a month per location.
For a two-register store that is roughly $2,900 to $12,000 a year in software. Hardware adds $1,000 to $3,500 per register, and payment processing comes on top. Our page on dispensary POS hardware cost itemizes the register, and cannabis POS pricing lists every published and reported price with who published it.
The one that passes the tax-line test and the Metrc package test at a price you can check. IndicaOnline has the lowest published entry point and Cova has flat tiers by workstation with no per-user meter. Flowhub, BLAZE and Dutchie quote after a demo, and Dutchie leads where online ordering and delivery drive sales. In a crowded market, a single-store owner is usually better served by a flat published price than by a quote that rises with registers.
Run the four steps on this page with each shortlisted vendor, then compare the full field on our cannabis POS comparison. Getting found is the other half. A claimed listing on a licensed-only directory puts the menu, hours and deals in front of adults searching nearby, and ours is $99 a month, published, on our list your dispensary page.
Ring the same basket for an adult-use customer and a patient and check each tax line. Receive a Metrc package live and force a failed sale. Ask for monthly tax figures by location and by tax. Then ask for software, hardware, setup and payments as separate lines with the renewal terms attached.
If you are switching rather than buying for the first time, plan the cutover around a full physical count reconciled to Metrc on both sides of the move. Our guide to switching dispensary POS systems covers the sequence, and the best Metrc integrated POS covers the four integration tests.
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