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Californians Helping to Alleviate Med. Problems, Inc. v. Comm'r

United States Tax Court

Decided May 15, 2007No. 20795-05Published

P provided counseling and other caregiving services (collectively, caregiving services) to its members, who were individuals with debilitating diseases. P also provided its members with medical marijuana pursuant to the California Compassionate Use Act of 1996, codified at Cal. Health & Safety Code sec. 11362.5 (West Supp. 2007). P charged its members a membership fee that generally reimbursed P for its costs of the caregiving services and its costs of the medical marijuana.

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P provided counseling and other caregiving services (collectively, caregiving services) to its members, who were individuals with debilitating diseases. P also provided its members with medical marijuana pursuant to the California Compassionate Use Act of 1996, codified at Cal. Health & Safety Code sec. 11362.5 (West Supp. 2007). P charged its members a membership fee that generally reimbursed P for its costs of the caregiving services and its costs of the medical marijuana. R determined that all of P's expenses were nondeductible under sec. 280E, I.R.C., because, R determined, the expenses…

1Opinion of the Court

CALIFORNIANS HELPING TO ALLEVIATE MEDICAL PROBLEMS, INC., Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent

Californians Helping to Alleviate Med. Problems, Inc. v. Comm'r

No. 20795-05

United States Tax Court

128 T.C. 173; 2007 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 14; 128 T.C. No. 14;

May 15, 2007, Filed

The court allowed deductions apportioned on a percentage of the total deductions to taxpayer's care giving services, based upon the number of employees and space involved in only care giving, and denied the deductions based on sales of medical marijuana; however, labor and other costs the Commissioner…

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