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Dope CFO Levels Up Its Offerings

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The key factors firing up interest in the not new marijuana niche.

By Liz Gold
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Naomi Granger, CPA, MBA, took a leap of faith and it paid off. And it’s still paying off.

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With more than 12 years of public accounting experience, working her way up the ranks to senior management at PwC, Granger wanted more. She wanted flexibility and ownership of her time and schedule. So, she started researching how to start a remote accounting practice.
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Marcum LLP: Moving Forward in Cannabis with Confidence

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The firm is open about its new services group.

By Liz Gold
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Legal recreational cannabis is coming to New Jersey – as soon as this year. And when it does, hundreds of millions of dollars in potential tax revenues will start flowing to the state beginning in 2020.

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Marcum LLP is ready.
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True Diversity Means Creating Equity

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By Liz Gold
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So, we know you can’t just put the diversity and inclusion phrase on marketing materials and call it good. There needs to be some substance behind the claim.

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Part of that substance includes looking at the word “equity” and considering how you can provide equitable opportunities and growth potential to every individual in your firm.
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Mark Guiley Oversees New Cannabis Niche

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The firm talked to its insurance company first.

By Liz Gold
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Mark Guiley is a tax manager at Isler CPA in Eugene, Oregon. And he’s the point person for the firm’s newly budding cannabis practice.

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Though cannabis has been legal in Oregon since 2014, the firm recently decided to start serving cannabis clients late last year.
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Cannabis Trends: What CPAs Need to Know for 2018 and Beyond

Booming new niche where opportunity meets complexity.

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By Liz Gold
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Cannabis startup costs are on the rise, as cultivators, vertically integrated retailers and laboratories are spending upwards of $1 million just to launch, making the sector as potentially treacherous as it is potentially lucrative for many tax and accounting firms on the leading edge of the booming new industry.

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The budding industry is confounded by differing regulatory models emerging nationally for both medical marijuana and adult use programs. But it’s clear – those cannabusinesses that are succeeding have help. More accountants are moving into the cannabis space, helping clients develop a sound financial infrastructure, a regular accounting and bookkeeping process and a solid understanding of IRS Tax Code 280E.

That said, there is so much up in the air.

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