Overview of US Beef Industry. Focus on feedlots and pertinent accounting practices.

A recap of day 1--overview of the industry and the basic introduction to the challenges faced with this new industry

This tax planning session is a potpourri of tax planning topics of prevalent issues within the tax community important for ag producers and landowners. The selected topics include issues that have been discussed within the agricultural tax community for decades as well as recent developments arising out of the TCJA and pandemic legislation.

Congressman Perlmutter will give an update on his cannabis banking legislation, the SAFE Banking Act, and discuss other news of the day out of Washington D.C.

Overview of federal and state marijuana policy reform efforts and the cannabis industry. Learn what challenges and opportunities lie ahead for the country's fastest growing adult industry.

Lenders rely on financial reporting from their clients to obtain critical information about a businesses' financial solvency and the various business and industry risks they face. So it stands to reason, the most important benefit of good financial reporting to a lender is access to high quality financial information. Furthermore, the average lender does not have ongoing inside access to the day-to-day operations of a company. Instead, they rely on financial reporting to provide accurate and readily comparable information. This session will explore what lenders are looking for when they "ask for the moon" and why they want it.

Hear from a CPA practioner and understand their perspective on this unique aspect of the cannabis industry

Hear it live from three of the best and most respected lenders in the market. The panel will discuss various topics including what it means to keep the three masters they serve, the borrower, the bank and the regulators, happy! Borrowers want their money NOW and often times struggle with why lenders are either appear to be slow to respond to their loan request or keep asking for more information. The bank, on the other hand, is built on a risk reward model where the higher the borrower's business and information risk, the higher the expected return on the money they lend. Regulators expect lenders to be singularly focused on risk identification and mitigation in their loan portfolio. This session is intended to be interactive as well. So come with your questions!

Understand the funding options available to cannabis companies and typical methods of raising start-up capital

Cannabis businesses face unique challenges in obtaining typical financial services available to other industries. Hear from a series of providers to the industry and the unique nature of these aspects as they relate to the cannabis industry.

This session will focus on the existing tax court cases, an update of the tax court cases in cannabis, and the challenges from practioners and tax attorneys who navigate these murky waters. Topics such as 471c, economic enterprise structure, and the definition of trafficking will be discussed