New York Eying Tax Credit for Breweries
Assembly Bill 5422 would provide a tax credit to wineries, breweries and distilleries for bottling, packaging, and labeling expenses. Read More
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Assembly Bill 5422 would provide a tax credit to wineries, breweries and distilleries for bottling, packaging, and labeling expenses. Read More
Companions A.B. 4176 and S.B. 2451 provide for a $0.25 fee to be included in the price of each alcoholic beverage sold in certain municipalities for the purpose of funding alcohol education, rehabilitation and enforcement. Read More
House Bill 718 has been deferred in committee, while its companion Senate Bill 759 remains active in the Senate. The bills seek to reduce the per gallon tax rate to twenty-seven cents on beer sold in barrels for the first …Read More
H.B. 96 seeks to change existing law, under which a brewery is generally not allowed to operate a restaurant on its premises and dispense alcoholic beverages, to create a license for limited production breweries that allows them to produce beer …Read More
Providing for Sunday sales, H.B.1624 has stalled in committee. Read More
House Bill 4174 would allow direct sales of beer and wine from supplier to consumer. Read More
Passing the full Senate, S.B. 258 would allow growler sales for those holding a small brewer’s license. Read More
Senate Bill 583 allows brewery-public house licensee to also hold off-premises sales license under certain circumstances. Read More
House Bill 706 and Senate Bill 686 clarify that contracts entered into or renewed by a manufacturer or importer and the wholesaler that is more than seven years in length shall be considered contrary to the public policy of this …Read More
A public hearing has been held on House Bill 6078, which would allow small beer manufacturers to sell kegs of beer directly to consumers. 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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