Am I still 280E?
You built something real. Nobody told you the rules of the fight. Here they are.
Written by an Enrolled Agent, federally licensed to represent you before the IRS.
You are being taxed on money you already spent. This is how you fight back.
Written for California cannabis operators, cultivators and retailers alike, who are profitable on paper and tight in the bank. An Enrolled Agent, federally licensed to stand between you and the IRS, walks you through the enemy, the one weapon it cannot take, and exactly what to do the day the letter comes.
Ten chapters. Ten expensive problems, solved.
Each chapter is a battle, with a Field Kit you can act on the same day.
- Understand exactly why §280E taxes money you already spent.
- Build and defend a Cost of Goods Sold the IRS cannot erase.
- Keep records and reconcile METRC so your books testify for you.
- Close the penalty trap that comes from having no bank.
- Protect yourself from the debt that reaches your house.
- Read IRS notices and the clock before they harden into a levy.
- Tell a real ally from a refund mill wearing an ally’s face.
- Cross the new Schedule III line without overreaching.
- Watch the five numbers that keep you from being ambushed.
- Put the right licensed representative at the gate before a crisis.
Whether you grow it or sell it
The tax forks depending on what you do, so the book forks with it.
For the cultivator
You are a producer, so you can lawfully move far more into COGS than a reseller. The book shows you the arsenal, the batch costing that proves it, and how the Schedule III line begins at your plant.
For the retailer
Your blade is narrower, so the book teaches you to keep it perfectly sharp: a clean, defensible COGS, reconciled to your point of sale, and the allocation that now runs through your shelf.
What is in the book
This is the desk reference you return to, not a book you read once.
The full designed eBook
(PDF), all ten chapters and both tracks.
The Field Kit worksheets
Fillable, built into every chapter.
Both tracks in one book
Cultivator and retailer, side by side.
Your download link, emailed
Private to your purchase, good for a year.
About the author
One price. The whole book.
One-time. Yours to keep.
- The full designed eBook (PDF)
- The Field Kit worksheets, built into the book
- All ten chapters, both tracks
- A private download link, emailed to you
Read Chapter 1, name and email only.
- The full Prologue and Chapter 1
- The Old Law, in plain English
- See the writing before you buy
Start with the free two-minute review
Nine questions, a scored read on where your return actually stands, and which items are recoverable rather than merely wrong.
Take the free review →Prefer to talk it through? Book a 30-minute consult with an Enrolled Agent, no obligation.
This page and the book are provided for general educational purposes only and do not constitute tax, legal, accounting, or financial advice, and do not create a client or professional relationship. Tax laws, including §280E and cannabis rescheduling, are complex and changing. Consult a licensed professional about your specific facts. No particular tax outcome is guaranteed.