EFFING FEDS!
IRS Hits Oakland Pot Shop With $2.4M Tax Bill
Updated: Tuesday, 04 Oct 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 04 Oct 2011, 8:30 PM EDTSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The federal government has found a new weapon in its war on marijuana — the tax man.
A San Francisco Bay area medical marijuana dispensary that promotes itself as the world's largest has been hit with a $2.4 million tax bill following an audit by the Internal Revenue Service, the dispensary founder said Tuesday.
The back taxes, penalties and interest levied against Harborside Health Center came after the IRS examined its returns for 2007 and 2008 and determined a 1982 tax code prohibiting cost deductions for businesses that traffic in illegal drugs applies to the dispensary.
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HOLY COW: Harborside is a spa-like fixture on Oakland's waterfront with
94,114 registered customers and 84 full-time employees that offers an average of 30 varieties of medical marijuana every day and has $22 million in annual sales.