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How To Handle Losses Due to Theft To Reduce California Cannabis Taxes and Sales & Use Tax

With the recent wave of break-ins and robberies to local dispensaries in particular, cannabis business should not overlook this opportunity to save taxes. Cannabis Excise Tax for Cannabis Retailers As a cannabis retailer, you are required to pay the cannabis excise tax (15%) to your distributor based on the average market price of the cannabis […]

After July 15, 2020, Taxpayers Must Resume Making Payments To IRS Or Face Renewed Collection Action

After July 15, 2020, Taxpayers Must Resume Making Payments To IRS Or Face Renewed Collection Action On March 25, 2020 the IRS issued a press release  announcing a sweeping series of steps to assist taxpayers by providing relief on a variety of issues ranging from easing payment guidelines to postponing compliance actions in what it […]

Why Taxpayers Involved In Offshore Accounts, Crypto Currency Or Cannabis Should Be Filing An Extension For Their 2019 Income Tax Returns

Why Taxpayers Involved In Offshore Accounts, Crypto Currency Or Cannabis Should Be Filing An Extension For Their 2019 Income Tax Returns If you did not report your offshore accounts, crypto currency income or cannabis income earned before 2019, you should hold off on filing your 2019 taxes and instead file an extension. An extension is your way of asking […]

Don’t Think That COVID-19 Masks Illicit Cannabis Operators Or Their Landlords From Enforcement

It is a false sense of security to think that the COVID-19 pandemic will essentially terminate cannabis enforcement initiatives throughout California.  Anyone conducting business in cannabis surely knows that under Federal law (Controlled Substances Act 21 U.S.C. 801) marijuana is designated as a Schedule I controlled substance due to the historical belief that it has […]

Can Cannabis Help People Improve HDL Cholesterol Levels?

The Center For Disease Control states that high cholesterol usually has no signs or symptoms.  The only way to know whether you have high cholesterol is to get your cholesterol checked.  The cholesterol test, or screening, requires a simple blood draw. The cholesterol test checks your levels of: Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or “bad” cholesterol. Having high levels of […]

Beware That Soon IRS Will Be Unleashed And Fully Operational

Beware That Soon IRS Will Be Unleashed And Fully Operational Relief Under “The IRS People First Initiative” Expires July 15, 2020.  IRS Coronavirus Tax Relief  President Donald Trump declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency. Therefore, under Sec. 7508A, the declaration of an emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, […]

Can Cannabis Help People With Fibromyalgia?

According to the Center For Disease Control, Fibromyalgia affects about 4 million U.S. adults or about 2% of the U.S. adult population.  The U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information on June 4, 2020 released data  that was originally published in the Israeli scientific journal Harefuah documenting a study conducted in Israel that Fibromyalgia patients reported mitigating or eliminating […]

California Responding To COVID-19 With Relief For Cannabis Businesses

California Responding To COVID-19 With Relief For Cannabis Businesses On May 14, 2020 the three State Of California cannabis licensing authorities (The Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) and California Department of Public Health (CDPH)) announced that businesses with state commercial cannabis licenses expiring between now through June 30, […]

Paycheck Protection Program Changes Are Here!

Paycheck Protection Program Changes Are Here! On March 27, 2020 President Trump signed the $2 trillion Stimulus Bill formally known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security [CARES] Act (the “CARES Act”) to provide assistance to workplaces and employees. The CARES Act provides many benefits intended to deliver cash into the hands of individuals […]