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Category: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017

Posted on March 30, 2018

Render Unto Caesar: Impacts of Federal Tax Reform on the Distilling Community

As originally published in the Spring 2018 issue of Artisan Spirit. On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1 — a sweeping tax reform law that changes…

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Posted on January 1, 2018January 23, 2018

Resolutions – 2018

Today is New Year’s Day.  And that means that in my family we spend the evening meal going around the table and talking with one another about our resolutions for…

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Posted on November 19, 2017January 23, 2018

Progress?

In last week’s installment, I lamented the fact that neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate had included some version of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act…

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Posted on November 10, 2017January 23, 2018

Legislating Disappointment

On November 2, the House of Representatives released its proposed tax bill – the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.  A few days later, the Senate released its own version.  Both…

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Posted on March 29, 2017

Fighting the good fight

Regular readers will know that I’ve several times mentioned the fight to reduce federal excise taxes on small spirits producers.  That fight continues, and with the recent withdrawal before passage…

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