Wisconsin Code § 139.02

Fermented malt beverages tax
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(1) TAX IMPOSED; RATE; LIMITATION. An occupational tax is imposed upon
the removal for consumption or sale or selling of fermented malt
beverages at the rate of $2 per barrel of 31 gallons and at a proportionate rate for any other quantity or fractional parts thereof. Not
more than one occupational tax shall be required to be paid on
any one container of fermented malt beverages.
(2) TAX CREDIT TO ELIGIBLE PRODUCERS. (a) Each eligible
producer shall receive a credit in the amount of 50 percent of the
tax paid or payable by the producer under this section in any
given calendar year on the first 50,000 barrels taxed under this
section in that year.
(b) In this section “eligible producer” means any producer of
fermented malt beverages, whether or not located in this state,
producing less than 300,000 barrels of fermented malt beverages
in the calendar year for which credit under par. (a) is claimed. In
determining the number of barrels, all brands or labels of a producer shall be combined. All facilities for the production of fermented malt beverages owned or controlled by the same person
shall be deemed a single producer.

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