{"id":1061,"date":"2020-01-31T14:54:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T14:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/craftbrewerylegalblog\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2020-07-31T13:29:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T13:29:11","slug":"federal-excise-tax-rates-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/craftbrewerylegalblog\/2020\/01\/31\/federal-excise-tax-rates-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Excise Tax Rates Extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 116th Congress has extended the current federal excise tax (FET) rates for breweries for one year (2020). Those rates, which were recalibrated lower in 2018, were slated to increase\u2014in most cases by 100 percent\u2014unless Congress acted by Dec. 31.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lower FET rates have been a boon to small and independent brewers located in all 50 states and nearly every congressional district,\u201d said Bob Pease, president and CEO, Brewers Association. \u201cThese savings empowered brewers to reinvest in their businesses and resulted in an annual tax savings of more than $80 million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brewers reinvested the additional capital by creating thousands of new jobs, buying new equipment, expanding their operations, and improving employee benefits. Thanks to the recalibrated rates, craft brewing jobs grew by 15,000 in 2018 to more than 150,000 nationally\u2014the largest job increase on record for small brewers.<\/p>\n<p>The Brewers Association will continue to work with its congressional champions to pass the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), legislation that would make the rates permanent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This blog post was reprinted with permission of the <a href=\"https:\/\/massbrewersguild.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Massachusetts Brewers Guild<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 116th Congress has extended the current federal excise tax (FET) rates for breweries for one year (2020). 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