Cider Tax Reduction Moves in MA
Clearing initial committee consideration, House Bill 4678 seeks to lower the tax on cider. Read More
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Clearing initial committee consideration, House Bill 4678 seeks to lower the tax on cider. Read More
Voters approved State Question 792, allowing grocery and convenience stores to sell full-strength beer and wine, effective on October 1, 2018. The Retail Liquor Association of Oklahoma is planning to challenge of the constitutionality of the question in court. Read More
Signed by the Governor, House Bill 1196 allows for, among many provisions, distributor license holders to sell malt beverages in any amount for off-premises consumption, including growlers, and the shipment of beer from manufacturers to consumers of up to 192 …Read More
S. 1562, the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act, was introduced in the U.S. Senate on June 11 by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and companion H.R. 2903 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 25 by …Read More
The Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has provided new guidance concerning applicants who may be exempt from the bond requirement after January 1, 2017. Permits Online has been modified to allow new applicants to indicate if they will or will …Read More
After a long election season, we finally have an answer regarding the direction our country has chosen to head. And, as I discussed in my previous post, Florida correctly predicted the winner of the presidential race for the sixth straight …Read More
Small Brewers Caucus member Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) recently stopped by the Short’s Brewing Company production facility. As a small business advocate, Senator Peters is a co-sponsor of bipartisan legislation that aims to reduce excise taxes for small craft breweries in Michigan and across the country—the Craft …Read More
On Thursday November 3, Congressman Kevin Brady, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and Representative of Texas’s 8th Congressional District visited Southern Star Brewing in Conroe, Texas to discuss the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA) and the …Read More
We’re nearing the end of election season, a time of year when we get to vote for president of the United States, members of Congress, governors, and, in some states, even dog catchers. Our elected officials on the state and …Read More
Last week, the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), legislation championed by the Brewers Association, received its 51st sponsor in the Senate, Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. A few days later she was joined by Senator Barbara …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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