Mr. Zoot is licensed as a CPA in CA, FL, IL, NY, and TX. He has a national reputation of technical and transactional taxation of pass-thru entities [Partnerships, LLC's and S Corporations], private equity and alternative asset funds primarily in distressed mortgages and assets, professional services, real estate, venture-funded tech start-ups, and the commercial cannabis industry in California.Mr. Zoot has extensive experience in taxpayer and practitioner representation with the Examination, Appeals and Collection functions with IRS, including Special Procedures – Bankruptcy, Insolvency, Offer in Compromise, and Circular 230 Practitioner Representation with the Office of Professional Responsibility ["OPR"]Mr. Zoot has a member of the AICPA, and state societies [CalCPA, FICPA, ICPAS, NYSSCPA, and TSCPA] for over thirty years. He has served an appointed member of AICPA's Responsibilities in Tax Practice, Practice Management, and Subchapter K Technical Committees and as the CITP Champion for Illinois. Mr. Zoot is engaged at numerous points of contact in a lead role with AICPA senior executives in the process of developing policy, advocacy and education for CPA's serving the legal cannabis industry.Mr. Zoot is engaged with CalCPA's Government Liaison Office in connection with SWOT analysis, talking points for engagement with the legislature, the cannabis regulatory agencies, Bureau of Cannabis Control “BCC” [Retail, Retail-Delivery, Distribution – Packaging], California Dept. of Public Health “CDPH” [Manufacturing, Processing, Extraction], California Dept. of Food and Agriculture “CDFA” [Cultivation] and the California Dept. of Tax and Fee Administration ["CDTFA"] in connection with urgently need regulatory guidance for Cannabis Cultivation, Excise and Sales Taxes.Expertise in regulatory compliance - HIPAA, FINRA, FERPA, SEC 17(a)(3)-(a)(4), eDiscovery

Seed Money, LLC is the first venture fund established by aBIZinaBOX Ventures, LLC [associated the professional firms - aBIZinaBOX, Inc. and Jordan S. Zoot, CPA, P.C]. Seed Money, LLC together with MCFM Group are engaged in the incubation, development, funding and investment in niche business associated with the Medical Cannabis industry in California. At this time, our focus is limited as described with strong emphasis on both MEDICAL and CALIFORNIA.The evolving regulatory scheme under MMRSA is quite complex and rapid evolving and we have decided to focus on doing ONE THING WELL rather than MANY THINGS poorly. As such, if your project is located outside of California, and isn't focused on MEDICAL rather than RECREATIONAL uses of cannabis, we kindly ask that you not pursue your opportunity with us.

CPA+Apps+Experience = Customer SuccessAICPA - PCPS, CAQ Member FirmXero Cloud Integrators and Gold Accounting PartnerGoogle For Work, Google For Education, Chrome PartnerworkflowMAX, Salesforce and Clio platformsCertified on 60 Best of Breed Cloud TechnologiesLimited to: Hedge Fund/Private Equity, Distressed Assets/Debt, Real Estate, Tech Start-Up and Professional Services

I took over a $75M gut rehab condo conversion in NYC at the height of a financial meltdown...with half the units unsold, C of O unfinished and open Special Permit Application..after two years of full time work, the project was stabilized. This was the most intensive project I had ever undertook in thirty years of professional practice

I was responsible for a number of real estate tax clients with global operations in all phases of the real estate life cycle. Also responsible for the strategic deployment of technology in the North America Tax Practice.