Environmental tax container-tracking removed from liquor tax reporting and record-keeping rules

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The amendment strips out all requirements related to tracking non-refillable containers and the environmental tax on wine, wine coolers, spirits, and spirits coolers from both monthly return filings and record-keeping obligations. Beer manufacturers, wineries, spirits manufacturers, and authorized grocery stores no longer need to count or report non-refillable containers sold or received. Two entire record-keeping sections — one covering the environmental tax on wine and wine coolers, and one covering the environmental tax on spirits and spirits coolers — have been fully revoked. Reporting on spirits coolers has also been removed, so spirits manufacturers now report only on spirits. Businesses in these categories should update their return forms, internal tracking systems, and record-keeping procedures to reflect that non-refillable container counts and environmental tax compliance records are no longer required.

Who this affects: beer manufacturers · wineries · spirits manufacturers · authorized grocery store operators · liquor tax collectors