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The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) recently published a final rule implementing phase two of its rulemaking on modernizing labeling and advertising regulations for malt beverages and distilled spirits. Effective March 11, 2022, the changes are …Read More
The Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has published Industry Circular 2022-1, clarifying how TTB views extended payment terms under the consignment sales provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (FAA Act). Read More
The U.S. Department of the Treasury, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, released its report on competition in the markets for beer, wine, and spirits. The report addresses challenges to the growth …Read More
In response to a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) study, the Brewers Association (BA) submitted comments documenting craft brewing’s supply chain challenges during the pandemic, with sections on the aluminum can shortage, the CO2 shortage, transportation challenges, barley malt supply, glass …Read More
The Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has accepted $225,000 Offers in Compromise (OIC) from two industry members, Robert “Chick” Fritz, Inc. of Belleville, Illinois and from Doll Distributing LLC of Des Moines, Iowa, following two unrelated investigations into sponsorship agreements …Read More
In TTB Industry Circular 2021-1 the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has expanded the list of changes that can be made to approved labels without requiring resubmittal for review, including: dividing/combining approved labels; adding/deleting the claims of …Read More
The Brewers Association submitted a petition to the Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) requesting that eleven ingredients be exempted from formula requirements. Read More
The Brewers Association (BA) filed a second set of comments with the Department of the Treasury in response to the President’s July 2021 Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. The Brewers Association also filed a letter signed …Read More
The Brewers Association (BA), responding to a Request for Information relating to President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, provided initial comments to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) addressing issues directly under …Read More
The Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has accepted a $325,000 offer in compromise from Iowa Beverage Systems (IBEV), an alcohol beverage wholesaler located in Des Moines, Iowa, to settle alleged trade practice violations. The violations included purchasing tap handles and …Read More
Pete Johnson serves as the State & Regulatory Affairs Manager for the Brewers Association (BA). He joined the BA at its inception in 2005, having previously worked as Programs Director for the Brewers Association of America. Before coming to the small brewing industry in 2001, Pete worked for 14 years with both state and federal elected officials in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
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