Tax Collection Legislation Advances in MT
Passing the House, H.B. 124 provides for the quarterly collection of beer, wine, and hard cider taxes. Read More
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Passing the House, H.B. 124 provides for the quarterly collection of beer, wine, and hard cider taxes. Read More
The Brewers Association (BA) has submitted a formal petition to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) composed of a number of items related to regulatory modernization from a variety of past BA submissions which to date have …Read More
The comment period for the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on trade practices has been extended until June 7, 2023. Comments can be seen and/or submitted at Regulations.gov docket TTB-2022-0011. Read More
House Bill 2223 provides a new definition of “craft producer” to mean a licensed farm winery, a licensed microbrewery or a licensed craft distiller and further provides that such craft producer’s representative may consume small amounts and may serve the …Read More
House Bill 1021 seeks to allow microbrewery-restaurants, if located in a county with a population of fifty thousand (50,000) or less, to sell, deliver, or transport beer, malt beverage, or hard cider manufactured by the microbrewery-restaurant to licensed retailers. Read More
House Bill 1217 provides for a primary source of supply or wholesaler to allow a permittee on a nondiscriminatory basis to use equipment that is owned by the primary source of supply or wholesaler. The permittee may only use the …Read More
H.B. 1310 seeks to allow a small brewery to receive, bottle, and package beer from another small brewery if certain requirements are met. Read More
SJR 12 directs the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to study its licensing fee structure. Read More
S.B. 2018 would remove the tax on wholesale sales of beer. Read More
Among several provisions, House Bill 97 modifies the definition of “small brewery” to include brewers that produce less than 100 gallons per year and prohibits industry members from giving glassware and cups to retailers. 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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