Sorry to report but the 2.5 is back federal taxes. Also the feds don't allow them to deduct expenses so the fed will be looking for 30+% of those 28mm in sales so their tax bill will be over $10mm very soon.
There is a few threads about IRC section 280E, and the resulting taxation on MMJ businesses so I won't go into it here, but suffice it to say the Feds have gone FULL RETARD.
I guess my post was a little unclear. My point was that a $28million annual grosser is not going to be shut down by an unexpected 2.5 in back taxes., penalties, etc. unless you've got retards running the business. if you don't have 10% squirreled away for contingencies you shouldn;t be running a business of any kind. And now that the feds have clarified what they will be expecting from HHS (no deductions, etc) each year, they will be able to kick uncle sam his cut without the clusterfuck of an audit.
can u link to the threads you mentioned?