Marijuana tax extension introduced Posted by Maria Dudzak | Apr 7, 2021 Voters in Ketchikan may be asked this fall whether to extend a 5% sales tax on marijuana products. That’s after Ketchikan’s Borough Assembly unanimously voted to introduce an ordinance to extend the tax. It’s currently set to expire at the end of 2022. That may seem a long way off, but Borough Attorney Glenn Brown told the assembly Monday that it was better to address the tax sooner rather than later. “Staff, in discussing the issue, thought it was wise to bring it to the assembly for potential extension sooner than 2022 so that in the event the assembly or the voters declined, it would give the borough some time to find alternate revenue to fill the void. That simple.”