Handling Cannabis Tax Examinations: Sec. 280E, Audits, IRS Guidance, Reporting Requirements
A live 90-minute premium CLE/CPE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and advisers guidance on effective methods in handling IRS cannabis tax examinations for businesses engaged in the cannabis industry. The panel will discuss key federal and select state tax law provisions impacting marijuana businesses, key items of focus by the IRS when examining cannabis operations, and techniques in managing audits.
Outline
- Federal and state tax law issues for cannabis businesses
- Key planning strategies to minimize tax liability and avoid audits
- Section 280E
- Ownership structures
- Deductions
- Navigating IRS examinations of cannabis businesses
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Federal and select state tax law provisions impacting cannabis businesses
- Application of tax rules to the cannabis industry and key planning techniques
- Key issues raised and techniques in handling IRS examinations
- Effect of Section 280E and deduction of the cost of goods sold
Faculty
Jonathan Kalinski
Principal
Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez
Mr. Kalinski specializes in both civil and criminal tax controversies as well as sensitive tax matters including... | Read More
Mr. Kalinski specializes in both civil and criminal tax controversies as well as sensitive tax matters including disclosures of previously undeclared interests in foreign financial accounts and assets and provides tax advice to taxpayers and their advisors throughout the world. He handles both federal and state tax matters involving individuals, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and trusts and estates. Mr. Kalinski has considerable experience handling complex civil tax examinations, administrative appeals, and tax collection matters. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a trial attorney with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel litigating Tax Court cases and advising revenue agents and revenue officers on a variety of complex tax matters.
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Michel R. Stein
Principal
Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez
Mr. Stein specializes in tax controversies, as well as tax planning for individuals, businesses and corporations. For... | Read More
Mr. Stein specializes in tax controversies, as well as tax planning for individuals, businesses and corporations. For more than 20 years, he has represented individuals with sensitive issue civil tax examinations where substantial penalty issues may arise, and extensively advised individuals on foreign and domestic voluntary disclosures regarding foreign account and asset compliance matters. Mr. Stein is well respected for his expertise and judgment in handling matters arising from the U.S. government’s ongoing enforcement efforts regarding undeclared interests in foreign financial accounts and assets, including various methods of participating in a timely voluntary disclosure to minimize potential exposure to civil tax penalties and avoiding a criminal tax prosecution referral. Mr. Stein is a frequent lecturer at national and regional conferences on topics including tax compliance sensitive issues, IRS examinations, State and Federal worker classification issues, etc.
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Steven (Steve) Toscher
Principal
Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez
Mr. Toscher has been representing clients for more than 35 years before the Internal Revenue Service, the Tax Divisions... | Read More
Mr. Toscher has been representing clients for more than 35 years before the Internal Revenue Service, the Tax Divisions of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of the United States Attorney, numerous state taxing authorities and in federal and state court litigation and appeals. Mr. Toscher enjoys a unique combination of solid criminal defense experience and extensive substantive tax experience to assist individuals and entities subject to sensitive government inquiries. He has considerable experience as lead counsel in defending criminal tax fraud investigations (both administrative and grand jury investigations) as well as in defending criminal tax prosecutions (both jury and non-jury). Mr. Toscher’s tax practice includes a wide array of substantive areas including income taxes, estate taxes, employment taxes, sales taxes and property taxes. He is routinely involved in sensitive issue or complex civil tax examinations and administrative appeals on behalf of wealthy individuals and their closely held entities as well as large corporations involving both domestic and foreign tax related issues.
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