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U.S. Successfully Disrupts Three Terror Finance Cyber-Enabled Campaigns

U.S. Successfully Disrupts Three Terror Finance Cyber-Enabled Campaigns Using the same tools in the investigations of U.S. taxpayers, this is the largest ever seizure of terrorist organizations’ cryptocurrency accounts. The Department Of Justice on August 13, 2020 announced the dismantling of three terrorist financing cyber-enabled campaigns, involving the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, al-Qaeda, and […]

Taxpayers Invested In Syndicated Conservation Easements Have A Limited Opportunity To Settle With The IRS

Taxpayers Invested In Syndicated Conservation Easements Have A Limited Opportunity To Settle With The IRS Tax Court strikes down four more abusive syndicated conservation easement transactions prompting taxpayers to accept IRS settlement offers in syndicated conservation easement cases or face a higher tax bill. A conservation easement imposes a restriction on real property, granted in […]

“J5” Global Tax Chiefs Mark Two Years Of Cooperation To Tackle International Tax Evasion

“J5” Global Tax Chiefs Mark Two Years Of Cooperation To Tackle International Tax Evasion Leaders from five international tax organizations are marking the two-year anniversary of the formation of the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5). The J5 was formed in 2018 after a call to arms from the OECD Taskforce on Tax Crime and […]

Twelve Illegal Cannabis Retailers Served Tax Warrants in Greater Los Angeles

The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) oversees the reporting and collection of taxes for the California cannabis industry.  On July 8, 2020 the CDTFA announced that over the past several weeks twelve illegal cannabis retailers in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties were served tax warrants with the assistance of the California […]

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 […]