5 Accounting Myths Cannabis CEOs Believe (and How to Debunk Them)
If you’re a Cannabis accounting professional, or are working towards learning how to serve clients in this space, you may have already experienced the frustrations of trying to reach out to Cannabis clients, only to be told that you’re not needed because they “already have an in-house bookkeeper” and that they’re sure their current accounting system is just fine. Until Cannabis CEOs understand that their practices are often inaccurate and self-damaging (as they...
How to Legally Maximize Your Clients’ Tax Benefit: An Introduction to Cost Accounting for Cannabis/CBD/Hemp
Cost accounting is essential for proper Cannabis and CBD/hemp accounting and tax; however, if you are not doing cost accounting correctly (or at all), your clients could be missing some benefit under IRC 471-11 and paying too much in taxes. On the other hand, if you claim a significant amount of costs allocated to inventory (and eventually COGS) incorrectly, your clients could end up in hot water when audited, and potentially owe thousands of dollars in back taxes, interest, and...
5 Cannabis/CBD Accounting Headaches to Overcome That Will Help Land You Clients
Cannabis/CBD accounting is overwhelming for CEOs and seasoned accountants alike. At times, both niches can seem impossibly complex and leave you, the accounting professional, with a headache as you sift through state and federal rules and regulations.
Your clients’ success hinges largely on you unraveling the tangle of rules and regulations and implementing the necessary processes required to keep Cannabis companies compliant. Few standard procedures and controls have been set in...
5 Keys to Properly Managing Cost Accounting & Taxes in Cannabis\Hemp Cultivation Verticals
Proper cost accounting is essential for all Cannabis and hemp verticals, but it gets particularly tricky when you're dealing with cultivation. From the moment a seed is planted in the ground to the harvest of the crop, high-level accounting procedures are mandatory to keep cultivation companies compliant.
Cannabis growers tend to be uninformed as to the importance of proper accounting. Often focusing more on the science and passion of growing, they have little patience for numbers....
5 Workaround Tools to Manage Essential (But Frustrating) Seed to Sale Compliance
Cannabis accounting is a complex, ever-changing niche due to the plant’s federally illegal status (regulations and rules vary from state to state). One key (but extremely complicated) aspect of Cannabis accounting is seed to sale tracking and compliance. Cannabis business owners can easily flub these complex accounting and compliance processes without the help of a trained Cannabis accountant on board. Even worse, inaccurately inputting seed to sale data can lead to significant...