New tax introduced this month at local craft micro-breweries
Posted March 30, 2013 10:25 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – If you like to get your beer from your local craft micro-brewery — it’s going to get more expensive starting this month.
That is thanks to a new tax is being brought in.
On April 13th, the Liberals will implement a new tax on craft micro-breweries that accept growlers — a bottled beer that is refillable.
The NDP’s liquor critic Maurine Karagianis says if her party was in power, it would nix the tax.
“Some of these very small micro-breweries that are relying very significantly on this new growth industry, it’s huge. If they’re producing a $100 a day or more and paying $.30 on each one, it’s a significant tax.”
Karagianis says eventually the cost will be passed along to the customer.
She adds the Liberals are only stalling growth for small businesses.
