GaDistCo Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Good morning everyone, We are still fighting the good fight here in Georgia to allow tastings and make the state a friendlier environment for our industry, and may be you guys can help us out. The one thing lawmakers understand, and what moves them to work is TAX REVENUES, and the smell of future revenues. Can anyone out there supply us with ball park information on what distilleries pay, on average, in excise taxes to state government, or an idea of what your state receives collectively from excise tax revenues thanks to distilleries located in state? Any information will help make our fight easier. Bill M Georgia Distilling bill.mauldin@georgiadistilling.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMM Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I have attached a copy of "sin" taxes by state. It's from 2009, but most of the numbers haven't changed. Hope this helps. Good morning everyone, We are still fighting the good fight here in Georgia to allow tastings and make the state a friendlier environment for our industry, and may be you guys can help us out. The one thing lawmakers understand, and what moves them to work is TAX REVENUES, and the smell of future revenues. Can anyone out there supply us with ball park information on what distilleries pay, on average, in excise taxes to state government, or an idea of what your state receives collectively from excise tax revenues thanks to distilleries located in state? Any information will help make our fight easier. Bill M Georgia Distilling bill.mauldin@georgiadistilling.com sin taxes by state.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdery Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Look into Nelson County, Kentucky. It hosts several major distilleries and whiskey warehouses. Property taxes, in particular, are lower there than in the surrounding counties because the distilleries pay so much tax on their aging whiskey. Those taxes support the schools and other county business. This is covered regularly in the Kentucky Standard, the local newspaper. You also can get some good statistical support from the Kentucky Distillers Association. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Martin Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 That is a fascinating chart, OMM. Interesting to see the impact of the tobacco lobby in states like Alabama, N. Carolina and Virginia in particular -- while these states have a very low tobacco tax, they're among the very highest in spirits tax! Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Here's the same data as .XLS - stripped of notes, but now it's easy to sort. (updated with Control States colored yellow) just found they posted the original data from 2000 - 2010 in .XLS formatHERE but it does not sort correctly due to the (notes in parens) sintax.xls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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