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The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” making its way through Congress includes several provisions that would benefit small and independent brewers. Key among them: Permanency of the Section 199A tax credit, that seeks to put pass-through entities (e.g., a limited liability company …Read More
In compliance with a Presidential Executive Order, the TTB has announced plans to shift all transactions involvement payments to electronic means. This will most immediately affect payments from TTB to industry members (very common in non-brewing contexts, such as “drawback” …Read More
The Brewers Association expects the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans sometime in July. Final content of the revised Guidelines remains unknown, but multiple reports suggest that they will advocate that …Read More
The Georgia Craft Brewers Guild (GCBG) took another swing at self-distribution with Senate Bill 122, and received a hearing on the bill, but ultimately could not get a committee vote. While disappointing, 2025 is the start of the biennium in …Read More
An Illinois bill would have raised the cap on self-distribution for brewers to 1500bbl/year (the current cap is 200bbl/year), but despite some very promising signs of passage, it was not brought up for a final vote by the deadline to …Read More
The Louisiana Craft Brewers Guild worked to add the ability for brewers in the state to sell their products at local farmers markets through H. B. 563. As of this writing, it has one hurdle left on the Senate floor …Read More
Nevada brewers continue to watch Assembly Bill 404, a bill that would clarify language in statute about the legality of taprooms in the state and offer out-of-state direct-to-consumer shipping of craft beer. The bill has passed both Assembly committees and …Read More
In Texas, despite positive momentum and a late push, both remaining priorities for the Texas Craft Brewers Guild (TCBG), failed to advance through the process. Interfacility Transfer (House Bill 4773) would have permitted breweries to move their beer from one …Read More
In early May, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) announced they are expanding their pilot program to test new streamlined tax forms for breweries. Based on feedback they received to make tax filing easier they created the …Read More
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