Small BREW Act

Bill: 114-s-375
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2015-02-04
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages

Food industry and services

Sales and excise taxes

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S775-776; text of measure as introduced: CR S776-777)

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act or the Small BREW Act</strong></p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of the excise tax on beer produced within or imported into the United States for brewers who produce not more than 6 million barrels of beer a year. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 375 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 4, 2015 Mr. Cardin (for himself, Ms. Collins , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Cochran , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Kirk , Mr. Carper , Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Casey , Mr. Portman , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Coons , Mr. Heinrich , Ms. Hirono , Mr. King , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Markey , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Mikulski , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Schumer , Mr. Wyden , and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act or as the Small BREW Act . 2. Reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (a) In general Paragraph (2) of section 5051(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively, and (2) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following new subparagraphs: (A) In general In the case of a brewer who produces not more than 6,000,000 barrels of beer during the calendar year, the per barrel rate of tax imposed by this section shall be— (i) $3.50 on the first 60,000 qualified barrels of production, and (ii) $16 on the first 1,940,000 qualified barrels of production to which clause (i) does not apply. (B) Qualified barrels of production For purposes of this paragraph, the term qualified barrels of production means, with respect to any brewer for any calendar year, the number of barrels of beer which are removed in such year for consumption or sale and which have been brewed or produced by such brewer at qualified breweries in the United States. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Subparagraph (C) of section 5051(a)(2) of such Code, as redesignated by this section, is amended— (A) by striking 2,000,000 barrel quantity and inserting 6,000,000 barrel quantity , and (B) by striking 60,000 barrel quantity and inserting 60,000 and 1,940,000 barrel quantities . (2) Subparagraph (D) of such section, as so redesignated, is amended by striking 2,000,000 barrels and inserting 6,000,000 barrels . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to beer removed during calendar years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.