Legislative Round-Up from NABCA

Dear Client:WSD attended the Legislative/Public Affairs Report panel with NABCA General Counsel James Goldberg and VP for Public Policy/Communications Steve Schmidt, who gave an interesting and wide range review of the issues facing control states and the industry as a whole. Here’s an exclusive summary:NEW ANNUAL FEE. Jim noted that after the TTB suspended the special occupation tax (SOT) in 2005, the TTB and administration is imposing a new annual fee on producers, wholesalers and retailers. The fee “looks strangely