Pricing Your Cannabis Services

Whether you work with cannabis or CBD/hemp businesses, these 6 steps will guide you.

By Andrew Hunzicker

Properly quoting accounting fees is complicated in any industry, but establishing a pricing policy for the wily cannabis and hemp/CBD niches can be especially challenging and overwhelming.

If you find it hard, or even scary, to price your cannabis and hemp/CBD accounting services without undercutting your value, you are not alone.

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Many accountants struggle with raising their fees beyond low hourly rates. Learning how to

  • package your services,
  • create clear offers to reflect your value, and
  • develop a system for charging appropriately for cleanup, onboarding and ongoing work

will enable you to confidently set your price and find clients who will happily pay it.
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Why Are CEO Clients So Confused?

Business hand holding hot chart in crystal ballYou just need to be a little bit of a mind reader.

By Andrew Hunzicker
Cannabizcpa.pro

Why are CEOs so confused about what they want from their bookkeeper, accountant, tax CPA or CFO?

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Here’s what they tell me they want:

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Everything You Wanted to Know about Dispensary Accounting but Were Afraid to Ask

Plus why trying to beat 280e isn’t worth it.

By Andrew Hunzicker

Accounting for a dispensary turns out to be quite a challenge for the cannabis accountant.

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There are many issues, both GAAP and tax, as well as state-level compliance issues that must be understood as well.

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5 Do’s and Don’ts for Cannabis CPA Marketing

Save the brand building until you have a few clients.

By Andrew Hunzicker
Cannabizcpa.pro

So you’ve decided that you want to take the plunge and dive into cannabis accounting. Great!

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While these are new and exciting times, it is completely understandable if you have concerns about promoting your business within your personal and professional networks.
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Cannabis: THC vs. CBD Critical Differences

How they are different and what accountants need to know.

By Andrew Hunzicker
CPA Trendlines Cannabis

When you look at a cannabis plant and a hemp plant side by side, the plants themselves look identical to an untrained eye, making it a bit challenging to identify, as the real difference lies in the chemistry of the plants.

But to the accountant, the differences a critical.

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Issues include clients in many verticals – cultivation, chemical manufacture, product manufacturing, labs, and retail – cost accounting, consolidations, and multi-entity issues, banking, software, and cash management, to name just a few.

And the tax and compliance issues are actually more complex for Hemp/CBD products than for cannabis products.

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