date:Jan 31, 2013
er must pay on wholesale deliveries of suds in Tennessee. The proposed legislation would change it from a price-based formula to a charge based on the volume of beer sold.
As the law stands, the state collects a 17 percent tax on the price of beer sold to wholesalers, but under the proposed change, there instead would be a flat tax charged per barrel of beer sold (31 gallons), said Rich Foge, president of the Tennessee Malt Beverage Association.