The Cannabis Accounting Podcast

The Cannabis Accounting Podcast discusses the ins and outs of cannabis/cbd/hemp accounting. Topics include 280E, chart of accounts, starting & growing your own firm, overcoming software challenges, and more! Looking to get into cannabis accounting? To learn more visit dopecfo.com.

The Cannabis Accounting Podcast is a business podcast hosted by DOPE CFO, with 229 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

DOPE CFO hosts The Cannabis Accounting Podcast, a business show with 229 episodes published.

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  The Cannabis Accounting Podcast

  EP 229: Cannabis Procurement Expert On The Cash Hiding In Aging Inventory

  Sep 30, 202645 min

  In this episode of the Cannabis Accounting Podcast, host Raymond Guns sits down with Eric Halpern, founder of The Halp Center, to break down how cannabis retailers can buy smarter, turn inventory faster, and stop tying up cash in the vault. Eric started his career as a big box pharmacist and moved into Connecticut's medical marijuana program in 2019, when dispensaries had to be run by pharmacists. Over six and a half years at Fine Fettle, he went from buying for a single store to leading commercial strategy for 11 locations across Connecticut and Massachusetts. Eric breaks down: Cash hiding on the shelf: the simple ratio he runs first with every client ️ Clean data before any analysis: How duplicate products and messy categories hide the truth Vendor managed inventory: With buyers juggling 40 to 60+ vendors, why brands that can turn retailer data into suggested orders will have an edge Pharmacy meets cannabis: Why beverages are a low-stakes entry point and what Schedule III could mean for medical patients Eric's view of the next few years is measured: prices and taxes that make sense for customers, beverages as a familiar way to try cannabis, and a slow path toward pharmacy and insurance for medical. His parting advice for operators is refreshingly practical. Know how many days of inventory you're holding, how many you should be holding, and how much cash that gap would free up. Subscribe for deep dives on cannabis business, accounting, regs, and growth! The Halp Center: https://thehalpcenter.com/ Eric Halpern: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ejhalp/

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  EP228: Rescheduling Is Locked In. Here's Your Move. (For Accountants)

  Sep 21, 202617 min

  Ready to specialize as a cannabis CFO? Apply and book a call with our team: https://go.dopecfo.com/get-started-6?... We'll walk you through the three pillars of a thriving specialized cannabis CFO practice, and show you exactly how DOPE CFO gets you serving cannabis operators at the highest level, faster. In this video, Andrew Hunzicker, CPA and founder of DOPE CFO, walks through the complete cannabis rescheduling story from Schedule I to Schedule III, explains how Section 280E going away is triggering a roughly 20% cash flow boost and a 5 to 7 times valuation increase across the industry, and lays out what accountants and CFO advisors need to know to position for the wave of new cannabis startups, M&A activity, and specialized advisory work coming in 2026 and beyond. Andrew has trained thousands of accountants over the last eight years, both through DOPE CFO and at national firms. He helps plan and lead the AICPA Cannabis Conference every year, and he is speaking at the 2026 conference alongside Viridian Analytics on the cannabis capital flows now hitting the industry. Andrew covers: The complete rescheduling timeline from October 2022 to today Why cannabis company valuations just jumped an estimated 5 to 7 times (per Viridian Analytics), plus what's coming next Why tax returns for cannabis operators are actually getting more complex (not less), and the specific advisory work accountants can charge for now Andrew's playbook for accountants ready to enter the space This is what a real specialized CFO practice looks like when the pricing model actually reflects the value delivered. Get started here: https://go.dopecfo.com/get-started-6?...

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  Episode #227

  EP 227: How to Increase Price Per Gram

  Sep 16, 202653 min

  In this episode of the Cannabis Accounting Podcast, host Raymond Guns sits down with @jessejredmond (Jesse Redmond), Chief Strategy & Investor Relations Officer at LEEF Brands, to unpack a supply chain problem most consumers never hear about, and how it shapes the way LEEF builds its concentrates business. Jesse spent two decades running hedge funds before pivoting into cannabis, building his own dispensary from the ground up before joining LEEF. Jesse breaks down: The hidden pesticide problem: More than half of the cannabis biomass LEEF sources from outside farms fails pesticide testing, not from bad practices by cannabis growers, but from overspray drifting in off neighboring wine, blueberry, and strawberry farms. Why concentrates make it worse: Cannabis is a bioaccumulator. Concentrate it and you don't just multiply the terpenes and cannabinoids 3 to 4X, you multiply the pesticides right along with them. What a national cannabis market could look like: Cannabis can't cross state lines today, but Jesse thinks it's headed where wine and beer already went, most volume coming from scaled West Coast growers, with local and craft options still holding their own. LEEF has already applied for a DEA export license. Where the market's actually headed: Concentrates now make up 54% of products sold in California, and vapes have overtaken flower as the state's top form factor for the first time. The "Intel Inside" model: LEEF built its own farm to feed its extraction labs, then wholesales the concentrate to brands like Kiva, Jetty, and Heavy Hitters rather than putting its own name on the shelf. Debt vs. equity, done right: Jesse breaks down when to take on debt, why he favors preferred stock structures over cheap dilution, and the lesson every cannabis operator should take from watching companies lose their license to lenders. Jesse's optimism isn't rose-tinted. He's watched cannabis stocks fall over 90%, watched companies lose their license to lenders, and spent years solving a supply chain problem most of the industry doesn't talk about. But two decades on the inside of institutional investing and cannabis alike have him convinced the fundamentals are turning, clean supply, real demand data, and a real path toward a national market. If you want a grounded look at what actually goes into a clean cannabis concentrate, this is the episode. Subscribe for deep dives on cannabis business, accounting, regs, and growth! Jesse Redmond: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesseredmond/

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  Episode #225

  EP 225: The Two Numbers Every Cannabis CFO Should Watch Weekly

  Sep 13, 202643 min

  In this episode of the Cannabis Accounting Podcast, host Raymond Guns sits down with Jason Cieland, CFO of Intrinsic, to unpack why cannabis companies with strong sales numbers still end up in receivership, why 280E relief isn't the lifeline most operators think it is, and how overbuying equipment on hype can wipe out a balance sheet. Jason spent 17 years in public accounting before joining Intrinsic in 2018, helping the founder build out the company's finance function from the ground up. Today he oversees a Michigan cannabis manufacturer that sells wholesale to roughly 600 dispensaries across the state. Jason breaks down: The growth trap: Why taking on too much debt to scale fast, especially with private equity money in the mix, is the fastest way cannabis companies end up in receivership. ⚖️ 280E's fine print: Why the DEA's move to reschedule cannabis for medical use doesn't help the 97% of the industry that's adult use, and why Jason isn't building his tax strategy around federal change. The extraction equipment trap: How buying processing equipment at the top of the market can leave you unable to recoup the cost once prices fall. Michigan's 24% tax: How the new wholesale tax stacks on top of the existing 6% sales and 10% excise tax, and why Intrinsic moved to COD to manage it. Know your cogs: Why Jason reviews cost of goods every two weeks, down to the cost per gram, before he'll even talk about pricing or profit. AR collections reality: Why Intrinsic runs two full-time collections staff separate from sales, and the front-end vetting that keeps bad debt from piling up. Jason's take is a useful gut check for anyone tempted to scale on borrowed money or bank on federal relief that doesn't apply to them yet. The operators who make it through this next stretch, in his view, are the ones who grow only as fast as their cash flow allows and know their real costs cold. Subscribe for deep dives on cannabis business, accounting, regs, and growth! Intrinsic: https://intrinsicmi.com/

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  Episode #224

  EP 24: How Cannabis Growers Are Testing Everything Before They Buy

  Sep 3, 202638 min

  In this episode of the Cannabis Accounting Podcast, host Raymond Guns sits down with Nick Morin, CEO and Founder of Grow World Inc, to talk about connecting cannabis and hemp growers to a global supply chain, and why documenting the industry on camera has become one of its most valuable assets. Nick got his start in cannabis as a young cultivator before founding Growers Network in college, an online forum that grew to 25,000 members. That led to Canna Cribs, the YouTube series that took him across the country filming large-scale cannabis operators, before he launched Grow World in 2023 to help commercial growers source equipment and connect internationally. Nick breaks down: Two paths for cannabis worldwide: Nick sees the global market splitting into low-cost commodity flower from countries like Colombia and boutique, terroir-driven regions comparable to tequila, whiskey, or wine country. A marketplace built like Alibaba meets Costco: Grow World is drop-ship only, connecting manufacturers directly to growers so members can trial products like lighting or nutrients for free before buying at member wholesale pricing. Where hemp reform stands heading into 2027: With federal hemp rules shifting and a possible extension into December, Nick shares how Grow World is helping cannabis and hemp growers export finished goods without being boxed in by state-by-state rules. 1,000+ product trials and counting: Grow World has run trials with growers and manufacturers across dozens of countries, built entirely through content and word of mouth, without spending a dollar on paid advertising. Why content outlives the moment it's filmed: Nick breaks down the math behind a decade of Canna Cribs and Grow World's stage content: 72 hours of filming can generate hundreds of years of cumulative watch time. Growing Grow World into every legal market: Nick shares his goal of putting a manufacturer and a grower in every legal cannabis country in the world, from Australia to Germany. Nick's read on the industry is grounded in real numbers: over 1,000 trials, growers and vendors on every continent, and a business built on the promise that Grow World only makes money when its members save money. But he's just as candid about what hasn't gotten easier, banking and payment processing still take real work, even years into legalization. His closing message cuts through both: cannabis, hemp, tomatoes, whatever you grow, the industry moves a lot farther when everyone stops fighting and starts building together. Subscribe for deep dives on cannabis business, accounting, regs, and growth! Nick Morin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickmorinaz/

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