date:Jan 31, 2013
Tennessee has the nations highest tax on beer, and its stifling the growth of the states fledgling craft-brewing industry, say leaders of the states malt-beverage brewers and wholesalers.
To help correct that, theyre supporting a bill expected to be filed in the General Assembly this week to restructure the tax, although they say the changes wont lower the tax or even improve the states highest-tax ranking.
Instead, the bill would alter the complex method used to determine how much tax a brew