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Getting Ready For Tax Season 2022 – Did You Receive Your Third Round of Economic Impact Payments from IRS?

Getting Ready For Tax Season 2022 – Did You Receive Your Third Round of Economic Impact Payments from IRS? The IRS announced that as of February 26, 2022 all third-round Economic Impact Payments (EIP) have been issued and reminds people how to claim any remaining stimulus payment they’re entitled to on their 2021 income tax […]

Oral CBD Found to Inhibit COVID-19 Infection in Humans

According a report published in the journal Science Advances, a research study found that cannabidiol (CBD) effectively blocks SARS-CoV-2 replication in human cells. The goal of this study was to determine whether CBD, a natural product extracted from the cannabis plant, has the potential to inhibit infection of cells by SARS-CoV-2. To this end, researchers utilized […]

Getting Ready For Tax Season 2022 – What You Need To Know About Reporting Cryptocurrency.

Getting Ready For Tax Season 2022 – What You Need To Know About Reporting Cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency / Bitcoin – Is this the 21st century answer to hiding assets in Swiss bank accounts?  The IRS thinks this is the case which is why the IRS has stepped up its investigation efforts to uncover non-compliant taxpayers just like […]

Can Cannabis Help Younger People Have Greater Orgasms And Sexual Performance?

According a report published by MDPI based in Basel Switzerland in the journal Healthcare, new analysis conducted in Spain found that younger individuals (18 to 30 years old) who consume cannabis and alcohol perform better in their sexual function, arousal, and orgasm over their counterparts who do not use either. The report noted that “alcohol, […]

How COVID-19 And Underfunding Impacts IRS Operations And Causes Refund Delays For Taxpayers.

How COVID-19 And Underfunding Impacts IRS Operations And Causes Refund Delays For Taxpayers. As required by law, once a year the Taxpayer Advocate’s Office (an independent Federal government department that monitors the Internal Revenue Service) must send a report to Congress describing challenges the IRS is facing, problems experienced by taxpayers in dealing with the […]

National Taxpayer Advocate Delivers 2021 Annual Report to Congress With No Mention Of Unfair Taxation Of Cannabis Businesses Or Uncertainty Of IRC Section 280E.

As required by law, once a year the Taxpayer Advocate’s Office (an independent Federal government department that monitors the Internal Revenue Service) must send a report to Congress describing challenges the IRS is facing, problems experienced by taxpayers in dealing with the IRS and recommendations to resolve these problems. On January 12, 2022, National Taxpayer […]

IRS Examinations Of Cannabis Businesses Expected To Rise In 2022 – Are You Ready For An I.R.C. § 280E IRS Tax Audit?

While the sale of cannabis is legal in California as well as in a growing number of states, cannabis remains a Schedule 1 narcotic under Federal law, the Controlled Substances Act. As such businesses in the cannabis industry are not treated like ordinary businesses. Despite state laws allowing cannabis, it remains illegal on a federal level […]

IRS Criminal Investigation Division Releases Its Top Cases Of 2021

IRS Criminal Investigation Division Releases Its Top Cases Of 2021 On January 3, 2022 the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) began listing he top 10 cases for calendar year 2021 on its Twitter account which are considered to me the agency’s most prominent and high-profile investigations of 2021. IRS-CI is the criminal investigative arm of the IRS, […]