The Tax and Trade Bureau has accepted a $2.5 million offer in compromise from Heineken USA for alleged violations of the Federal Alcohol Administration (FAA) Act. TTB alleges that Heineken provided some retailers with a proprietary draft system at no charge and reimbursed other retailers for the cost of the system. TTB further alleges that Heineken made slotting fee payments to retailers and disguised those unlawful payments as payments for permissible activities (such as consumer sampling) that never actually occurred.
In a second case, TTB accepted a $350,000 offer in compromise from Brewers Distributing Company, a wholesaler in Peoria, Illinois, for alleged violations of the consignment sale and exclusive outlet provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration (FAA) Act.