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March 22, 2013
03/22/2013
Aurora, Colorado Calculates Money from Marijuana Tax

Aurora, Colorado Calculates Money from Marijuana Tax

Aurora could regulate marijuana retailers like liquor stores, which are required to be about 2,000 feet apart from any rival. That would give Aurora room for about...
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March 4, 2013
03/04/2013
Amendment 64 Task Force Finished Recommendations

Amendment 64 Task Force Finished Recommendations

Colorado’s Amendment 64 Task Force finished its work as February came to a close. After months of work and several public meetings, the task force has done...
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February 26, 2013
02/26/2013
Time: Will High Marijuana Taxes Encourage Black Markets?

Time: Will High Marijuana Taxes Encourage Black Markets?

Figuring out an appropriate marijuana tax policy is more complicated than it sounds. In Washington State, there is a 25% tax at three different stages of cannabis...
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December 14, 2012
12/14/2012
ASA Comments on CA Sales Tax Exemption Proposal

ASA Comments on CA Sales Tax Exemption Proposal

Recently, the California State Board of Equalization asked for comments on a conceptual proposal to exempt terminally ill patients from paying sales tax on cannabis provided by dispensaries. In...
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November 5, 2012
11/05/2012
Northern California Town Pushes Back Against Industrial Pot Growers

Northern California Town Pushes Back Against Industrial Pot Growers

Arcata, in Humboldt County, California, will vote on Measure I next week, which would impose a 45% tax on households that use three times the amount of power a...
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October 26, 2012
10/26/2012
Forbes’ Top 2012 Tax Cases: #10, The IRS Wages War on Medical Marijuana

Forbes’ Top 2012 Tax Cases: #10, The IRS Wages War on Medical Marijuana

The medical marijuana industry, which is “blessed by state law, but persecuted by the IRS,” has made Forbes’ Top 10 Tax Cases of 2012 given the havoc...
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October 8, 2012
10/08/2012
Tax Cheat or Hero? Medical Marijuana Tax Revolt Brewing

Tax Cheat or Hero? Medical Marijuana Tax Revolt Brewing

According to California, Dave Hodges of the All American Cannabis Club in San Jose owes almost $250,000 in back taxes. Hodges says the state owes him about $11,000 in...
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September 21, 2012
09/21/2012
Marijuana Legalization Could Be a Tax Windfall for Cash-Strapped States, but Skeptics Abound

Marijuana Legalization Could Be a Tax Windfall for Cash-Strapped States, but Skeptics Abound

The debate over how much tax money recreational marijuana laws could produce is playing an outside role in the campaigns for and against legalization — and both...
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