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IRS Just Says No to Medical Marijuana Deductions

6 October 2011

Our culture is fascinated with marijuana. We speak in hushed tones about cocaine and other “hard” drugs but we’re pretty outspoken about marijuana. It’s even become a question bandied about during presidential campaigns with former President Bill Clinton famously saying that he “didn’t inhale and never tried inhaling again” prompting one MTV viewer to ask [...]

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Sweetening the Pot: Taxing Medical Marijuana Reaps Benefits in San Jose

16 May 2011

Sodas. Tanning. Wine. Hookers. In the scramble to raise revenues, city, state and federal governments have considered slapping taxes on nearly everything they can figure that qualifies as a vice. While some of those efforts have been derided (remember criticisms of the fat tax?) and subsequently derailed, a few of these sin taxes have been [...]

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Oakland Votes to Tax Marijuana

22 July 2009

A measure to tax the gross receipts of licensed medical marijuana dispensaries in Oakland passed overwhelmingly on Tuesday. The vote makes Oakland the first city in the US to tax marijuana. The tax was put on the ballot after a considerable push from the medical community. City Council jumped on the bandwagon, too, when it [...]

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