Forbes.com:  “Members of Congress on Thursday tried to throw the cannabis industry a legislative lifeline on taxes. The Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2017, introduced in the House by Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and in the Senate by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), and Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) today, would allow state-legal cannabis businesses to take normal business deductions like any other legal business. Known as 280E, the tax code provision prevents cannabis businesses from taking normal business deductions related to sales.