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The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (S.236/H.R.747) was reintroduced in both chambers of the 115th Congress. Sponsors total 55 in the U.S. Senate and 301 in the U.S. House of Representatives. Specific tax provisions of the …Read More
The European Commission has informed AB InBev of its preliminary view that the company has abused its dominant position on the Belgian beer market by hindering cheaper imports of its Jupiler and Leffe beers from the Netherlands and France into …Read More
Companions H.B. 775 and S.B. 822 seek a tied-house exemption allowing a manufacturer or importer of malt beverages and a vendor to enter into a written agreement for brand naming rights, including the right to advertise cooperatively under specified conditions. Read More
Comptroller Peter Franchot announced a legislative proposal that would reform the laws and regulations governing the state’s craft breweries. The Reform on Tap Act of 2018 proposes to: remove all limits on beer production, taproom sales, and take-home sales; …Read More
House Bill 1578 seeks to allow brew pub licensees to sell beer to on-premises licensees owned by the same person. Read More
H.B. 1720 would allow a beverage manufacturer in a contract brewing arrangement to store beverages produced by the contract brewer at its facility. Read More
The United States Postal Service Shipping Equity Act (H.R. 4024), sponsored by Representative Jackie Speier (CA-14), would authorize the shipping of alcohol through the mail. Read More
Passing the legislature, House Bill 1035 seeks to extend the existing mixed beverage gross receipts tax of 13.5% to low-point beer. Read More
The Brewers Association (BA) has filed an amicus brief in federal District Court, asserting that: 1) The Proposed Final Judgment (PFJ) relating to Anheuser-Busch InBev’s acquisition of SAB Miller does not adequately protect the public from anticompetitive practices by Anheuser-Busch …Read More
Signed into law, House Bill 542, among many provisions, exempts kegs used to contain malt or brewed beverages from Pennsylvania’s 6% sales and use tax. 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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