Vintage Spirits For Sale
Check out this link where Malkin Law’s principal attorney, Ryan Malkin, provides insight regarding vintage spirit sales to spirits writer Noah Rothbaum of the Daily Beast.
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Check out this link where Malkin Law’s principal attorney, Ryan Malkin, provides insight regarding vintage spirit sales to spirits writer Noah Rothbaum of the Daily Beast.
Senate Bill 51-49 includes a two-year version of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act, which cuts the federal excise tax on spirits, wine and beer, allows in-bond transfers of bottled spirits and provides for the expensing of certain costs related to the aging process of alcohol. The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act creates a tiered excise tax…
According to TTB, it conducted a joint operation with the Illinois Liquor Control Commission (“ILCC”) regarding alleged “pay to play” or “slotting fee” activities. Per the TTB announcement, “this is the second large-scale trade practice enforcement joint operation that TTB has conducted this year [the other being in Miami] as part of our ongoing effort to secure a level playing field nationwide…
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TTB is instituting new contact options to replace the various email addresses. Instead, you can now complete the “Contact Us” form on the TTB website. For more information on the change and options for contacting TTB, click here.
According to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), it is conducting a joint investigation with agents from the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (ABT) into “pay to play” activities in Miami. “Pay to play” is also known as a “slotting fee.” A “slotting fee” is impermissible and involves, for instance, an alcohol beverage supplier giving a thing…
According to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), it accepted a $750,000 offer in compromise from Craft Beer Guild, A MASS. distributor, for trade practice violations. The TTB said, “this is the largest offer in compromise that TTB has recovered from a single industry member for trade practice violations.” The offer in compromise is related to the…
In an effort to increase formula and label processing times, the TTB issued two new rulings, one for spirits and one for wine, outlining even more products that do not require formula submission. TTB noted: “We encourage all industry members to review these Rulings and the Industry Circular to determine whether formula approvals are still required for your products. Industry…
A complaint was filed September 20, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York involving two of the larger wine and spirit distributors in New York and Maryland. The Plaintiff, Empire Merchants LLC (“Empire”), part of the Charmer Sunbelt group, is suing its Maryland distributorship, Reliable Churchill LLLP, as well as, Breakthru Beverage’s co-chairman…
The TTB recently issued a 2016-1 Ruling “in response to complaints from a number of industry members who expressed concerns over potential abuse of the narrow Tied-House exception provided for in 27 CFR 6.99(b), which removes only the act of providing a recommended shelf plan or shelf schematic from the prohibited means to induce enumerated in 27 U.S.C. 205(b)(3).” As…