2022世界杯足球排名 today<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nit was during this time the course of her life changed.<\/p>\n
recently divorced, with primary custody of two children, she found herself overwhelmed by the demands of full-time corporate life. so, when a consultant colleague asked her if she\u2019d consider going out on her own to help cannabusinesses in need, durham gave it some thought and decided to go for it, launching kind accounting out of her home in loveland, colorado.<\/p>\n
\u201ci\u2019m definitely willing to take a risk,\u201d durham said. \u201ci have a cpa license. i understand why these established firms wouldn\u2019t want to put their future on something so uncertain, but this could be perfect for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
in january 2013, durham formally started kind accounting while still working her day job. she spent the first year and a half\u00a0\u2013 while providing bookkeeping for a grow operation on the side\u00a0\u2013 in research mode, mostly turning down potential clients so she could get up to speed on the laws and regulations.<\/p>\n
after realizing the stress was leading to health problems, durham gave notice at her job in june 2014, giving them ample time to prepare for her departure (on oct. 1, the first day of the corporate new fiscal year) and allow her time to put feelers out for new clients.<\/p>\n
\u201ca lot of people thought i was crazy because i hadn\u2019t been in public industry for a while,\u201d she said. \u201cbut it was a niche that wasn\u2019t being served. we have allowed marijuana to be legal as a state. i think it\u2019s absurd that they can\u2019t get qualified help.\u201d<\/p>\n
durham and her team \u2013 she has one cost accountant in fort collins, an accountant in denver, a tax preparer in colorado springs and her boyfriend who helps with it \u2013 all work remotely. her clients are mainly in colorado but she prepares tax returns for a few cannabusinesses in states where cpas will not work with cannabis.<\/p>\n
a majority of kind accounting\u2019s clients are small; this is where durham said she\u2019s found her niche. many cannabusinesses can\u2019t afford larger firms.<\/p>\n
\u201cwe are a lower cost option,\u201d she said. \u201cwe provide a very good option for those small grows. we provide that middle ground.\u201d<\/p>\n
most of her clients, durham said, are in the grow, hemp or extraction business. she also has a handful of dispensaries.<\/p>\n
one of the main guidelines she sets for her clients is that they must have a legal bank account or they need to keep detailed cash logs.<\/p>\n
\u201cmost clients have it down these days,\u201d she said. \u201cearly on, they had a hard time recognizing that they had to reconcile their cash.\u201d as a result, large sums of money would go missing\u00a0\u2013 not because of a theft necessarily, durham said, but because somebody forgot to document a bill payment or return change on a purchase and that would ultimately impact their potential deductions.<\/p>\n
in the last couple of months in colorado, durham said she\u2019s had a lot more communication with her grow clients because of emerging issues with the state\u2019s excise tax.<\/p>\n
\u201cif you are selling to an affiliated party, you have to use the average market rate that colorado publishes,\u201d she explained. \u201cso, if you grow retail marijuana, the first time it moves out of the grow, you have to pay 15 percent to the state of colorado.\u201d<\/p>\n
that percentage is based on the value of whatever you transferred, durham said, and colorado has published different values for flower versus bud versus shake, whether it\u2019s wet or dry.<\/p>\n
\u201cmy cost accountant says this is a commodity market where volatility can be high,\u201d she said. \u201cwe have clients who are struggling to pay the excise tax because it is higher than what they can actually sell it for. growers are really getting hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n
durham also advises her clients to behave as if they will get audited.<\/p>\n
\u201canybody who has a license in the state of colorado, if they are a true marijuana company, they show up on a list that is visible. i tell them, \u2018assume you are going to get audited.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
she encourages her clients to have their records ready and to keep them clean. durham had two clients who went through irs audits last year and she said it was a positive experience because they were transparent, upfront and made tweaks that the irs required.<\/p>\n
\u201cwe want our clients to do things right,\u201d she said. \u201cwe want to represent people who are wanting to be honest and open and upfront.\u201d<\/p>\n
that said, durham is careful about who she takes on as a client.<\/p>\n
\u201cwe have to have extra due diligence with our clients,\u201d she said. \u201cif it feels like somebody is trying to hide something or they are not answering questions, in this industry it is important to go with our gut. everything has to be on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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