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Legalization and Taxation of Cannabis

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Legalization of cannabis and how it would be taxed has been a discussion for many years. But as states continue to pass laws legalizing the sale of cannabis, the businesses trying to capitalize on the market are struggling with the complexities of taxation as it differs from other sales. Ever-changing scene nationwide.

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Legal Cannabis Retail Gets Big, Feminine And Luxurious

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It’s not often that one gets to see a new form of retail emerge, but that’s what’s happening with, of all things, legal recreational cannabis. So far, this retail is taking a form that is big, feminine and even a bit luxurious. But the growth of legal cannabis could lead to more changes in the makeup of industry leadership.

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The Three Big Legal Issues Retailers Face From The Coronavirus

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With the current health emergency retailers face unprecedented issues. Closing stores, limiting hours, changing order patterns, remote work — all of these issues have joined basic survival as retailers contend with sudden and unpredictable challenges during the coronavirus pandemic. 1: Employees. Su said the basics are most important.

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Retailers/ecommerce companies face special sales tax challenges

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Online retailers and eCommerce companies have been the focal point of taxing jurisdictions and their updated nexus laws for years. Retail/eCommerce respondents to our survey reported challenges such as audits, timely filing of sales tax returns and charging the correct sales tax.

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Legal Pot Starts Pulling Its Retail Weight

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Trends in legal cannabis retail are just now emerging, and fresh numbers from Colorado are providing insight into how the industry is evolving. billion in sales over the last five years, with April and May of this year the highest-grossing months since legalization.”. Legal retail cannabis may be spreading throughout the U.S.,

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Looping Legal Cannabis Into The World Of Trade Credit

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Payments in the legal cannabis industry is a tricky nut to crack. While the general expectation is that federal legalization is on the horizon, it will take some time for electronic payment rails to open up to legal cannabis businesses, meaning cash is likely to persevere as the dominant transaction method for the short- to medium-term.

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Multi-channel selling sales tax: Direct/retail sales

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Nearly half the attendees of a recent TaxConnex webinar on multi-channel selling use direct/retail eCommerce as their main avenue of sales. Any way you handle it, sales tax is getting harder to properly, legally and completely comply with. Assessing your footprint. (For