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Foley Hoag LLP

Recent Updates on the Applicability of IRC Section 280E to Cannabis Companies

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Cannabis companies are increasingly taking non-280E positions on their current year federal income tax returns, while many, such as public “MSOs,” have amended prior years’ returns to reflect this position. Foley Hoag’s Tax...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Cannabis Tax Audit: Red Flags that Attract IRS Attention

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Cannabis-based business audits are lucrative for the Internal Revenue Service. IRS auditors are more likely to see returns from cannabis audits than from mainstream industries and therefore prioritizes the cannabis industry....more

Oberheiden P.C.

Eleven of the IRS's Enforcement Priorities During the 2021 Tax Season

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It is tax season once again. While the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has extended this year’s filing deadline to May 17, 2021 for individuals, businesses must still file by April 15, and all U.S. taxpayers must ensure that...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Tax Court Confirms That Cannabis Businesses Cannot Take Advantage of Certain Tax Breaks Other Businesses Use

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One of the most frustrating issues facing the US’s burgeoning cannabis industry has been the inequitable tax treatment that cannabis businesses face as compared to other industries. The IRS’s guidance for one section of the...more

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Tax Court Upholds Constitutionality of Rule Prohibiting Deductions for Marijuana Businesses

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I recently wrote about the Tax Court decision in Northern California Small Business Assistants Inc. v. Commissioner, which addressed whether Section 280E’s denial of tax deductions to marijuana businesses violates the Eighth...more

Foster Garvey PC

A Real Bummer for The Marijuana Industry

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As a general rule, in accordance with IRC § 162(a), taxpayers are allowed to deduct, for federal income tax purposes, all of the ordinary and necessary expenses they paid or incurred during the taxable year in carrying on a...more

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