NJ Looks at farm market Sales
Senate Bill 511 would permit certain breweries to sell beer at seasonal farm markets. Read More
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Senate Bill 511 would permit certain breweries to sell beer at seasonal farm markets. Read More
HB 2411 would allow a microbrewery to contract with one or more microbreweries for the purpose of manufacturing beer or hard cider on the behalf of those microbreweries. A microbrewery would be allowed to have its beer manufactured by a …Read More
A.B. 1681 seeks to allow certain breweries to operate off-premises retail salesrooms and permits breweries and wineries to operate joint salesrooms. Read More
A two-year version of The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act’s (S.236/H.R.747) provisions was part of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act which was signed into law in the closing days of 2017. Specific tax provisions include: …Read More
House Bill 136 would require microbreweries to report and pay taxes on wholesale sales made directly to consumers. Read More
Assembly Bill 2016 authorizes restricted breweries to annually sell up to 1,000 barrels of beer to in-State and out-of-state retailers. Read More
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has issued initial guidance concerning reduced alcohol excise tax rates which became effective on January 1, 2018. The changes to the tax rates were included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs …Read More
House Bill 82 seeks to increase the wholesale sales tax rate for beer, wine, and distilled spirits to fourteen percent. Read More
A.B. 2068 seeks to remove the requirement that limited brewery licensees provide a tour when selling beer to consumers. Read More
The Texas Court of Appeals for the Third District issued an opinion reversing a lower court’s determination that a statute prohibiting self-distributing brewers from selling the distribution rights to their products was unconstitutional under the Texas Constitution. 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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