Missouri Cannabis CPA & Accounting Services

A cannabis CPA supports the accounting and tax side of a licensed cannabis business: maintaining the general ledger, reconciling cash, bank and inventory activity, closing the month, producing financial statements, preparing tax workpapers and returns, and advising management using that information. The specific scope depends on the engagement — not every engagement includes every service.

Cannabis operations combine inventory-heavy activity, cash handling, seed-to-sale tracking obligations and tax treatment that can differ from other industries. Those factors put unusual weight on inventory valuation, cost classification and documentation, so general small-business bookkeeping often does not produce records that hold up under review.

Bookkeeping and monthly close, dispensary accounting, inventory accounting, Metrc-to-ledger reconciliation, financial reporting, tax preparation, 280E accounting support where applicable, payroll accounting, cash-flow planning, fractional CFO advisory, examination readiness and general business advisory.

Yes. Bookkeeping is the foundation of everything else we do — chart of accounts design, recurring transaction coding, bank and cash reconciliation, payroll entries, accounts payable, balance-sheet reconciliation and a documented month-end close. See the cannabis bookkeeping service page for scope.

Yes. Retail engagements typically center on POS-to-bank reconciliation, cash controls, purchasing and receiving, inventory and cost of goods sold, payroll coding, tax liability tracking and store-level financial reporting.

Yes. Inventory reconciliation compares operational records, physical counts and the accounting inventory balance, then investigates and documents the differences. The goal is an ending inventory balance in the general ledger that can be explained and supported.

Seed-to-sale systems track quantity and movement; accounting tracks financial value. Operational data can support inventory reconciliation and cost work, but it does not calculate accounting inventory or cost of goods sold on its own. The two record sets serve different purposes and should be reconciled rather than assumed to agree.

Where Section 280E applies, the classification between cost of goods sold and other expenses carries direct tax consequence, which raises the standard for inventory costing, cost allocation and supporting documentation. Applicable treatment should be evaluated based on current law and the specific facts of the business.

Yes. Return preparation follows from a completed year-end close: trial balance, inventory support, payroll reconciliation, fixed asset and entity records, then tax workpapers traceable back to the underlying ledger.

We provide payroll accounting and reconciliation support — journal entries, payroll liability and clearing accounts, provider reconciliation, and department or location coding for labor reporting. That is distinct from acting as your payroll processor; we work alongside your payroll provider.

A fractional CFO uses reliable financial information for forward-looking decisions: cash-flow forecasting, budgets and rolling forecasts, KPIs, management reporting, scenario planning, working capital and inventory planning, location profitability and capital planning. It depends on the books already being reliable.

Yes. Cleanup and catch-up work follows a sequence: diagnose what is wrong, catch up the missing periods, reconcile cash, bank, inventory and payroll, correct prior balances, document the corrections, and then establish a repeatable monthly process so it does not recur.

Yes. Multi-location work relies on a standardized chart of accounts and consistent location coding so each site produces its own P&L while consolidated reporting stays intact.

Yes. Production environments require cost accounting for labor, facility costs, equipment and yield, plus inventory movement through production stages into finished goods.

Yes. Businesses that serve the industry without touching the plant have their own accounting needs and do not automatically share the tax and regulatory treatment of licensed operators — that distinction matters and we treat it accordingly.

Yes. We support cannabis businesses across Missouri, including operators in Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Columbia, Independence, Lee's Summit, St. Charles, St. Joseph, Joplin and Jefferson City. Engagements are handled remotely with scheduled working sessions.