Tax Services

IRS & State Tax Representation

We stand between you and the examiner.

If the IRS is examining your cannabis business, the audit will almost certainly center on one question: whether the costs you moved into inventory belong there. We stand between you and the examiner and defend that position.

What's Included

✓Full representation — before the IRS and state agencies

✓280E examination defense — the allocation, the methodology, the documentation

✓IDR response — information document requests managed end to end

✓Appeals representation — where the examination outcome warrants it

✓Penalty abatement — where grounds exist

✓Collection alternatives — and installment negotiation

Why This Differs In Cannabis

Cannabis examinations follow a recognizable shape. The examiner tests whether costs classified as COGS were properly capitalizable under §471, whether allocation between production and non-production functions is supported, and whether contemporaneous records exist. Positions built without anticipating that review tend not to survive it.

We build every client's position expecting this examination, which means when it arrives, the file is already assembled.

When the examination arrives, the file should already be assembled.

Why MCA

We have served licensed cannabis operators since 2015 — one of the first firms in the country to build a practice around it — and we have worked with more than 100 operators across 30+ states. Cannabis is all we do, and all we have ever done.

Frequently Asked

We got a notice. What now?

Send it over before responding. Early handling changes outcomes, and responses cannot be unsent.

Can you represent us if you did not prepare the return?

Yes, and it is a common engagement.

What does it cost?

Scoped by examination breadth. We quote before starting.

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