Sales tax Reduction Considered in MD
H.B. 796 seeks to reduce from 9% to 6% the rate of the sales and use tax imposed on the charge for an alcoholic beverage. Read More
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H.B. 796 seeks to reduce from 9% to 6% the rate of the sales and use tax imposed on the charge for an alcoholic beverage. Read More
H.B. 1396 seeks to allow the holder of a food hall vendor’s permit and a retailer’s permit who also holds a permit for a small brewery, a farm winery, or an artisan distillery to sell carryout alcoholic beverages at the …Read More
Senate Bill 172 seeks to increase the sales and use tax rate for the sale of an alcoholic beverage from 9% to 10% of the charge for the alcoholic beverage in two phases: for off-sale retailers, the rate increase takes …Read More
Passing the House, H.B. 2050, liquor omnibus legislation, addresses many facets of alcohol regulation. Read More
S.B. 298 would authorize any person that has a brewpub-restaurant license to exchange that license for a bona fide public eating place license. Read More
House Bill 2305 relates to alternating proprietorships. Read More
H.B. 5016 excludes beer manufacturers, their employees and the dependents of their employees from various provisions of the insurance statutes concerning small employer health insurance coverage. Read More
H.B. 2753 would allow a microbrewery licensee to hold a craft distiller license. Read More
House Bill 6225 seeks to allow patrons to either purchase meals at or bring meals to permit premises of establishments that serve beer to the public. Read More
Among several provisions, House Bill 2844 would alter the definition of beer. Read More
Pete Johnson serves as the State & Regulatory Affairs Manager for the Brewers Association (BA). He joined the BA at its inception in 2005, having previously worked as Programs Director for the Brewers Association of America. Before coming to the small brewing industry in 2001, Pete worked for 14 years with both state and federal elected officials in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
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