Receive an overview from the IDFPR on the Illinois medical and adult use cannabis industry. Dive into operator compliance, and recent and upcoming licensing changes.

Speaker:
Bret Bender | Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

Learn about the complexity of taxation for cannabis businesses and how to avoid costly pitfalls. Join the panel discussion as they cover federal cannabis taxation issues including application of relevant statutory sources and recent court cases.

Speakers:
Marc Clayborn, JD, LLM | Crowe, LLP
Jessica Velazquez, CPA | Indiva Advisors, LLP
Jonathan Satterfield, CPA | Driven Business Solutions
Mitzi Keating, CPA, CFE | Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP | Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC

Moderator:
Luis Plascencia, CPA, MST | Luis V. Plascencia, CPA

Weed through both pre-acquisition diligence considerations and post-acquisition operational challenges and hear how they differ from other established industries. Identify current trends and the related purchase accounting implications.

Speakers:
Nate Summers, CPA | Miller, Cooper & Co., Ltd.
Fay Rofalikos, CPA | Green Thumb Industries

Learn about general cost accounting methods for cannabis manufacturers. Understand how to value plants and apply activity-based costing to products produced during post-harvest processing. Explore net realizable value as it relates to a manufacturer and cover some of the reports needed from various MRP systems and how to utilize them.

Speaker:
Taylor Schuck, CPA | Mueller & Co., LLP
Nicole Clary | Cresco Labs

Sit down with industry leaders as they discuss lessons learned during the 2020 audit season, including accounting and auditing issues, initial public offerings and other financial matters specific to the cannabis industry.

Moderator:
Mike Hartley, CPA | Crowe, LLP

Speakers:
Nadine Pietrowski, CPA, CGMA | Crowe, LLP
Neil Prasad, CPA | Marcum, LLP
Jon Paul | Ausa Corporation