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The IRS is thought to have begun audits on at least 12 medical marijuana dispensaries in California under the determination that past business deductions are invalid because of a clause in the federal tax code prohibiting any business that traffics in Schedule I or II drugs from making business deductions on their tax returns. hollister uk The move could bankrupt every dispensary that it targets. The first dispensary hollister pas cher to receive a final audit decision from the IRS is peuterey outlet the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana (MAMM) in Fairfax, Calif.
Lynette Shaw, founder and owner of MAMM, is hoping to strike back before the IRS can deliver any more "final determinations" to other dispensaries currently being audited. Shaw intends to file an appeal in U.S. Tax Court within the month. There is actually a precedent for just such a case, when in 2007, a San Francisco dispensary primarily catering to terminal AIDS patients got its payment cut down to just over hollister france The Easiest Way To Shop For Movin 1 percent of what the IRS originally said it owed in back taxes.
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"The Constitution says that all American laws shall be based upon a rational basis," she says. "I've got a truckload of evidence to argue that this doesn't pass the muster of rational basis."
Marijuana joins heroin and ecstasy, among others, as barbour uk a moncler pas cher Schedule I drug on the Drug Enforcement Agency's list of drug classifications. Cocaine, in contrast, is classified less harshly as a Schedule II drug. Shaw hopes that marijuana will be reclassified as Schedule III, next to ketamine and steroids, or even IV, like a slew of prescription drugs. The tax deduction disqualification applies only to Schedule I and II drugs. |
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