California Dodges Tax Bullets

Two Key Tax Initiatives KilledA horrendous bill that would tax on-premise beer sales over $1.20 a case in California has, thankfully, been defeated. Beer Business Daily has learned that a bill that would allow cities and counties to impose their own excise taxes for on-premise sales of alcohol at up to 5% of the retail value of the alcohol sales, died on Wed. before a legislative committee in the California Senate. IT'S ALL GOOD. The "local option" measure was introduced