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TTB Starts 2018 with Guidance on How to Pay FET Using New Alcohol Tax Rates

posted 6 years ago

    2018 has arrived, and the new year is starting off strong for the alcohol industry and those who regulate it.  First up – learning how to implement the new Federal Excise Tax rates implemented under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Public Law No. 115-97).

    The White House signed the tax legislation on December 22, 2017, making several changes to the federal excise tax rates imposed on beer, wine and distilled spirits.  Within the omnibus tax bill are the “Craft Beverage Modernization” provisions, which cut federal excise taxes on alcohol producers, particularly small brewers. The changes will last until to 2019, at which point they will be subject to renewal:

    • The new law reduces the beer tax from $7 to $3.50 per barrel on first 60,000 barrels and $18 to $16 per barrel on the first six million barrels.
    • The law changes the distilled spirits/liquor tax rate from a fixed scale to a tiered system.  It lowers the current liquor tax rate from $13.50 to $2.70 per proof gallon on the first 100,000 proof gallons. Taxes increase to $13.34 on the next 22.1 million gallons. Anything above that is taxed at the current rate of $13.50.
    • The new law extends wine tax credits to all domestic wineries, whereas the credits previously were limited to small producers; the tax credit ranges between $0.54 to $1.00 per gallon.

    NOTE that the new tax rates, which became effective January 1, 2018, do not apply to any wine, beer, or distilled spirits covered by an industry member’s 2017 annual tax return. However, because the new tax law went into effect on January 1st, the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has moved quickly to advise industry members on how best to comply with the changing tax rates. 

    TTB created a new Web page on its official Website containing the agency’s initial guidance on changes resulting from the new tax law.  The new TTB Web page, which includes guidance as well as answers to generally asked questions categorized by industry segment, is accessible online here and has a URL address of https://www.ttb.gov/alcohol/craft-beverage-modernization-and-tax-reform.shtml

    A related Web page contains tax rate charts, also categorized by industry segment. 

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