A grower denied renewal in June is still listed as active, owing $664,440

An Anchorage marijuana cultivator still shows up as an active license on the state's newest tax delinquency list, owing $664,440 in unpaid excise taxes months after the Marijuana Control Board voted to deny its license renewal.

Alaskasense, LLC has appeared on 17 of the Department of Revenue's last 18 monthly delinquency reports, missing only from the July 2025 active list. Its balance has climbed overall while moving up and down between reports: $239,950 in March 2025, $402,125 that August, $633,009 in March 2026, $611,834 in April, and $664,440 in the report dated Aug. 28.

The company's tax troubles are not new. A 2018 Department of Revenue notice already flagged AlaskaSense as delinquent, and another warning followed in 2020.

State law says a business holding a state license that fails to pay its taxes has that license "suspended until all taxes, including interest and penalties, are paid in full," tax auditor Savannah Ritter wrote in the August letter.

The board denied Alaskasense's renewal, and the Office of Administrative Hearings affirmed it. The board adopted that decision 4-0 on June 25. Revenue counts a license as inactive only after the board notifies the department that it has suspended, revoked or declined to renew one. The reports do not say why this license is still listed as active.

Two other growers recur on multiple monthly reports: Alaska Tasty Cannabis, LLC, owing $74,442, and The Frost Frontier, $54,203. Alaskasense alone accounts for nearly half of the $1,391,900 owed by active-license holders. The August list covers tax periods through June 30 and leaves out accounts on approved payment plans and balances under $200.

Twelve active and 37 inactive cultivation facilities owed a combined $6,289,841 as of Aug. 27. The largest single balance, $1,082,007, belongs to inactive licensee Alaskan Blooms. Since the fiscal year began July 1, growers have paid $25.2 million of $26.3 million due, leaving about 4 percent unpaid.

The Marijuana Control Board meets Sept. 2 and 3 in Anchorage with 12 businesses queued for tax-delinquency consideration. Alaskasense is not among them. The next regular meeting is Nov. 18 and 19.