“It’s Very Simple:” Harborside’s Lawyer Discusses Landmark Tax Case

The complexities of tax law can be bewildering. But the federal government’s case against Harborside, the Oakland, Calif.-based dispensary chain, is actually pretty simple, according to Harborside’s lawyer, James Mann. So, he said, are the arguments against it. In 2019, the U.S. Tax Court ruled in favor of the Internal Revenue Service, finding that Harborside had improperly deducted expenses on its tax returns from 2007 through 2012, and is thus on the hook for $11M that it had underpaid as a result. The case against Harborside hinges on . . .