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 BEER

LEGAL CITATION:

M.C.L. 436.1409; 1998 PA 58.

YEAR ADOPTED: 1933. The former statute (1933 PA 8 (Ex. Session)) was repealed and replaced by 1998 PA 58.

BASIS OF TAX: Privilege of manufacturing and selling beer.

MEASURE OF TAX (BASE): Beer manufactured or sold in Michigan; credit for beer shipped out of state for sale and consumption or sold to a military installation or an Indian reservation; exemption for beer consumed on manufacturing premises or damaged and not offered for sale.

RATE: $6.30 per barrel, with $2 per barrel credit for brewers producing less than 20,000 barrels annually.

ADMINISTRATION: Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth, Liquor Control Commission.

REPORT AND PAYMENT: Due by 8th of each month.

DISPOSITION: General Fund.

2004-05 COLLECTIONS: $41,949,026

2004-05 COLLECTIONS/UNIT: $6.7 million per $1

Beer and Wine Tax Law Changes


Historic Beer and Wine Tax Revenue

 

Interstate Comparison of Tax Rates (from the Federation of Tax Administrators)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated December 30, 2006