Compliance Expert

Sonia Luna interviews practice leader Nicole Johnson on strategies to deal with cannabis taxes. Aviva Spectrum has won "Best Accountant" for the California Cannabis Awards in 2018 and we're sharing the tips and tricks every cannabis business owner needs to understand before they file their 2018 tax returns. Nicole M. Johnson, EA, is a Practice Leader with Aviva Spectrum and works out of Los Angeles, California. She has over 20 years of professional experience, with a focus on training, accounting, and tax. As an enrolled agent (EA), Nicole is federally authorized to practice tax and has technical expertise in the field of taxation. She is empowered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to represent taxpayers before all administrative levels – examination, collection, and appeals – of the Internal Revenue Service. Having worked with clients across a number of industries to determine the best way to resolve tax liability, Nicole can analyze how to minimize tax debt and expense as much as possible. She has ex