Q&A
Tax investigations and referrals for illegal cannabis operations
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Sheriff Miranda explains the process of tax investigations and referrals related to illegal cannabis operations. He highlights the collaboration between different agencies and the confidential nature of these investigations.
- The Sheriff's Office conducts tax investigations and collaborates with state tax authorities and the Office of Cannabis Management
- There are limitations on sharing information about ongoing tax investigations due to confidentiality
- The Sheriff's Office expressed a need for more personnel to expand tax investigations
Gale A. Brewer
1:44:05
Okay.
1:44:05
Certainly, you know, operating outside the door of a sealed shop is an example of that.
1:44:12
Our referrals were made to state tax authorities to investigate civil or criminal charges, and if so, how many, and if not, why not?
1:44:21
And our referrals were made to the Department of Finance for criminal or civil violations Now this might be in the more Bodega deli than in the smoke shops.
1:44:31
I don't know.
Anthony Miranda
1:44:32
So in the sheriff's office, we do conduct tax investigations as well.
1:44:36
And so, again, request that you asked earlier, can we use more personnel?
1:44:40
Absolutely.
1:44:41
Because that would assist us in doing the follow-up investigations and broadening the tax investigations that we that go on.
1:44:47
We do do some joint operations with the state tax as well as well as the office's state cannabis management.
1:44:54
So there are joint operations and there are separate operations that both agencies conduct.
Gale A. Brewer
1:44:59
And that's in a data spreadsheet somewhere.
Anthony Miranda
1:45:03
Again, tax investigations, I do not will would not be a public information access to be able to those are investigations and those are confidential in any number of ways.
Gale A. Brewer
1:45:12
Okay.
1:45:12
Even if they're referring somebody to the Department of Finance or to the state is not something that would be public information.
Anthony Miranda
1:45:20
It doesn't I I don't think that it meets the needs of what you're looking for because you're kind of a vaccine for an investigation didn't say that anybody has been found guilty of any infraction.
Gale A. Brewer
1:45:29
Okay.
Justin L. Brannan
1:45:29
So I
Anthony Miranda
1:45:29
think there'd be very limitations to what can be shared in that respect.
