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A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze

SMPL

Ringo said he would sell his seeds for as little as $5.). They sat in a circle at a house in the hills a few hours north of San Francisco — where wine country becomes weed country — to discuss the therapeutic potential of CBD, and how to get people to take it seriously. And with this group, finally, it seemed to be coming together.

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Taxation Of A Medical Marijuana Business – How Will The Ninth Circuit Hold?

Cannabis Law Report

Also during those years, California allowed the collective or cooperative cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Deductions. All taxpayers – including “drug traffickers” – pay tax only on their gross income, which is equal to the excess of their gross receipts over their cost of goods sold (“COGS”). Deduction v.

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California: Which Set of Books?

Cannabis Law Report

of Tax and Fee Administration [“CDTFA”] is the administrative agency for business entities that are subject both to Sales Tax, and to Cannabis Cultivation TAX [“CCT”] and Cannabis Excise Tax [“CET”]. The predecessor to CDTFA, the Board of Equalization [“BOE”] was the agency that administered Sales Tax before CCT and CET.