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243.720 Rate of tax.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(a)
There is levied upon the use, sale, or distribution by sale or gift of distilled
spirits a tax of one dollar and ninety-two cents ($1.92) on each wine
gallon of distilled spirits, and a proportional rate per gallon on all distilled
spirits used, sold, or distributed in any container of more or less than one
(1) gallon, but the rate of the excise tax on spirits in retail containers of
one-half (1/2) pint shall be twelve cents ($0.12); and
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection,
distilled spirits placed in containers for sale at retail, where the distilled
spirits represent six percent (6%) or less of the total volume of the
contents of such containers, shall be taxed at the rate of twenty-five cents
($0.25) per gallon.
There is levied upon the use, sale, or distribution by sale or gift of wine, a tax of
fifty cents ($0.50) on each gallon of wine, and a proportional rate per gallon on
the wine used, sold, or distributed in any container of more or less than one (1)
gallon, but the tax shall not be less than four cents ($0.04) on the sale or
distribution of any retail container of wine.
(a) There is levied upon the sale or distribution by sale or gift of malt
beverages an excise tax of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) on each
barrel of thirty-one (31) gallons and a proportional rate per gallon on malt
beverages sold or distributed in any container of more or less than
thirty-one (31) gallons;
(b) Each brewer producing malt beverages in this state shall be entitled to a
credit of fifty percent (50%) of the tax levied on each barrel of malt
beverages sold in this state, up to three hundred thousand (300,000)
barrels per annum.
This section shall not apply to:
(a) Wine manufactured, sold, given away, or distributed and used solely for
sacramental purposes; or
(b) Distilled spirits and wine purchased by holders of special licenses
provided for in KRS 243.320 and purchased and used in the manner
authorized by those licenses.
Effective:June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 78, effective June 25, 2013. -Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 496, sec. 24, effective August 1, 1986. -- Amended
1982 Ky. Acts ch. 390, sec. 5, effective June 1, 1982. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts
ch. 57, sec. 1. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 1. -- Amended 1954 Ky.
Acts ch. 75, sec. 1. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 1. -- Recodified
1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
secs. 2554b-127, 4281c-2, 4281c-3, 4281c-4.
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