Beer Institute releases domestic tax paid estimate

August 3, 2015Keith Gribbins

barrels four stacked various configurations — If you find taxes boring, enjoy these delightfully stacked barrels instead.

Nothing says Monday fun like taxes. Luckily, the Beer Institute knows both fun and taxes. Perhaps we’re generalizing here, but the trade association does represent the whole of the $253 billion American beer industry. The Beer Institute’s members include everyone from America’s largest brewers to some of the country’s smallest craft brands. The organization is a great source of statistics, and last week, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid by beer brewers. Cue the introductory horns!

The June 2015 domestic tax paid estimate is 16,600,000 barrels. June 2014 removals were 16,500,000 (revised) for an increase of 60 percent. Please note the following monthly revisions from previous releases:

Month	2014	2015	Percent Change	Volume Change
January	13,760,957	12,880,000	-6.4%	-880,957
February	13,402,259	12,270,000	-8.4%	-1,132,259
March	14,766,040	15,260,000	3.3%	493,960
April	14,990,000	15,200,000	1.4%	210,000
May	16,025,000	15,700,000	-2.0%	-325,000
June	16,500,000	16,600,000	o.6%	100,000
YTD	89,444,256	87,910,000	-1.70%	-1,534,256