Metrc in Michigan: what a dispensary has to report, reconcile and keep — the operations view

Operations, not law. This page lists what the rules require as tasks and clocks, cites the rule, and says [verify] where our counsel review is pending for the current rule text. Legal summaries are at the CRA; this is the checklist your inventory lead runs.

Who and what

• Regulator: Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA). Track-and-trace: Metrc. Licenses: adult-use retailer, medical provisioning center; many premises are dual.
• Taxes at retail: 10% adult-use excise + 6% sales tax. From January 1, 2026: 24% wholesale tax on transfers to retailers, reported per the CRA bulletin — on the retailer's books it is purchase cost, never a retail line (how to book it).

Receiving

• Accept transfers in Metrc per package with the accepted quantity; discrepancies noted on receipt. Invoice quantity = accepted quantity, or a credit memo.
• Invoices that show the 24% tax: allocate it into landed cost by line.
• A tag on the invoice that isn't on the manifest: hold the line; request a corrected invoice; never edit the tag.

Sales reporting

• Every sale reported to Metrc as a sales receipt by the POS, with package tags, quantities and the Michigan tax fields; medical and adult-use receipts flagged by license type (and kept separate in the books since April 2026).
• Reporting window: per CRA rule and Metrc configuration [verify current window]; BudAlly's daily match flags any ticket without a receipt by the next morning.

Reconciliation and records

• Inventory reconciliation cadence: per R 420 and licence conditions [verify — confirm the required interval and tolerance for Michigan]; our procedure runs daily sales match, weekly cycle counts, and a 30-day full reconciliation regardless (the SOP).
• Theft, loss or diversion: report to the CRA per rule [verify window].
• Records retention: per rule [verify period]; BudAlly keeps every reconciliation report and adjustment log for the longer of the rule or seven years.

Delivery and transport

• Manifests for every transfer; drivers and vehicles per rule; home delivery by licensed retailers per CRA rules [verify current delivery conditions].

Marketing and promotions (rules that touch Metrc data)

• Menu copy: no health or curative claims, no minor appeal (R 420.507 as cited in our pack SF-MI-04).
• Vendor-funded shelf discounts: allowed where terms are uniform to all Michigan retailers (pack RI-MI-08) [verify]; claims computed on Metrc-proven units.

The pack

Rules TX-MI-01, RI-MI-08, SF-MI-04, LC-MI-02, RI-ALL-05, DL-MI-01 — see the Michigan page for the excerpt. Version MI v9; changes appear in the changelog.