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September 24, 2013
09/24/2013
Free Joints Given Away In Boulder, Colorado

Free Joints Given Away In Boulder, Colorado

At an event organized to squash support for Colorado’s retail marijuana tax proposal, free joints were handed out to adults yesterday in Boulder. The event was pushed...
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September 23, 2013
09/23/2013
Study: £1.25 Billion Annually Taxing Marijuana in England

Study: £1.25 Billion Annually Taxing Marijuana in England

013 The Institute for Social and Economic Research, with the University of Essex, recently concluded a study into a cost benefit analysis of regulating and taxing marijuana in...
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September 13, 2013
09/13/2013
Earl Blumenauer, Grover Norquist Push Marijuana Tax Reform

Earl Blumenauer, Grover Norquist Push Marijuana Tax Reform

In yet another case of people with disparate political ideas coming together to support marijuana policy reform, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) president...
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September 11, 2013
09/11/2013
Free Joints Handed Out At Denver Protest Of Tax Proposal

Free Joints Handed Out At Denver Protest Of Tax Proposal

Protesters gathered in Denver’s Civic Center Park Monday to slam Proposition AA, the statewide recreational marijuana tax proposal that will be decided by Colorado voters in November....
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August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Forbes: Why Legal Marijuana Is a Good Argument for Tax Reform

Forbes: Why Legal Marijuana Is a Good Argument for Tax Reform

Forbes’ Howard Gleckman describes the motivation behind the legal marijuana industry’s eagerness to pay taxes: to be able to deduct expenses. He then uses this example to...
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July 18, 2013
07/18/2013
Boulder City Council Comes to Its Senses on Marijuana Tax

Boulder City Council Comes to Its Senses on Marijuana Tax

Boulder’s city council voted down a proposed additional 10% sales tax, because the city will receive funds from the state marijuana tax. A proposed 15% excise tax...
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July 18, 2013
07/18/2013
Denver Officials Want Legal Marijuana to Pay for Everything

Denver Officials Want Legal Marijuana to Pay for Everything

In an excellent article on the Denver Post, Vincent Carrol explains that officials are waiting to pounce on the marijuana industry like a cash cow, and points...
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July 16, 2013
07/16/2013
Boulder Wants Even More Sales Tax on Recreational Marijuana

Boulder Wants Even More Sales Tax on Recreational Marijuana

The Boulder City Council will hear a proposal today that would add an additional 10% sales tax (on top of the 10% state marijuana tax and 6.3%...
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June 28, 2013
06/28/2013
IRS Stunting the Green Rush With Crippling Tax Rates

IRS Stunting the Green Rush With Crippling Tax Rates

Every business owner knows taxes hurt net profit margins and cash flow. No matter what the tax rate, it’s easy math to see that every dollar you...
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June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Democrats Call on IRS to Ease Up on Marijuana Businesses

Democrats Call on IRS to Ease Up on Marijuana Businesses

Led by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a group of five democratic Representatives stood in front of the capital with representatives of the cannabis industry to call for new...
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May 17, 2013
05/17/2013
Stopping the IRS War on Medical Marijuana Providers

Stopping the IRS War on Medical Marijuana Providers

Dispensaries providing marijuana to doctor-approved patients operate in a number of states, but they are under assault by the federal government. SWAT-style raids by the DEA and...
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May 10, 2013
05/10/2013
Taxes on Cannabis to Be Squandered in Colorado

Taxes on Cannabis to Be Squandered in Colorado

Gaining support With House Bill 1318 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 Colorado lawmakers sought to blackmail voters into approving exorbitant taxes on cannabis.  The Colorado legislature recently approved House...
By: Mercedys
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May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
Colorado House Bill 1318: Let’s Restrict the Cannabis Industry

Colorado House Bill 1318: Let’s Restrict the Cannabis Industry

Celebrations ensued in November when Colorado and Washington passed bills to legalize marijuana for recreational users aged 21 and above. But the battle is far from over....
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May 9, 2013
05/09/2013

Colorado Legislature Passes First Bills in History to Establish a Regulated Marijuana Market for Adults

The Colorado state legislature passed the first bills in history Wednesday to establish a regulated marijuana market for adults. Representatives of the Amendment 64 campaign will discuss...
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May 1, 2013
05/01/2013
Colorado Lawmakers Approve High Marijuana Tax Rates

Colorado Lawmakers Approve High Marijuana Tax Rates

After a long debate, Colorado legislators have approved the high marijuana tax rates of 15% excise tax and 10% sales tax, this is down only slightly from...
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April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Boulder, CO May Seek Additional Taxes on Marijuana

Boulder, CO May Seek Additional Taxes on Marijuana

Boulder, Colorado city officials are waiting to see the tax rates that are adopted by the state for recreational marijuana sales, but are preparing to put additional...
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April 8, 2013
04/08/2013
Marijuana Taxes in Colorado Could Exceed 30 Percent

Marijuana Taxes in Colorado Could Exceed 30 Percent

A legislative panel decided Friday to propose to tax the newly legal drug at 30 percent; a 15% excise tax and 15% sales tax. If the full...
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April 4, 2013
04/04/2013
The Rocky Mountain Road to Legal Marijuana Commerce

The Rocky Mountain Road to Legal Marijuana Commerce

When Colorado voters last November gave the thumbs up to marijuana legalization, the celebrations came quickly, with overjoyed pot smokers triumphantly lighting up, even though the pot...
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April 2, 2013
04/02/2013
Rocky Mountain High: Marijuana Law May Lift State Economy

Rocky Mountain High: Marijuana Law May Lift State Economy

Colorado’s tax receipts over the last fiscal year totaled $186 million from the more than 500 state medical marijuana businesses. State officials expect that next year, with recreational...
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March 27, 2013
03/27/2013
Forbes: Medical Marijuana Goes Even More Corporate

Forbes: Medical Marijuana Goes Even More Corporate

While the IRS assaults the medical marijuana industry by abusing Section 280E, Wall Street is taking notice of all the M&A activity and the ensuing green rush....
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