Do you like taxes? Let’s test your muster. Recently, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for August 2022: The August 2022 estimate is 14,600,000 bbls, an increase of 2.4 percent compared to August 2021 removals of 14,254,197 bbls. The September 2022 domestic tax paid estimate is scheduled to be released on October 25, 2022. We’ll keep you updated.
Domestic Tax Paid — TTB
(31 Gallon Barrels)
| Month | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 13,156,930 | 11,606,664 | -11.8% | -1,550,266 |
| February | 11,814,320 | 10,847,178 | -8.2% | -967,142 |
| March | 15,028,948 | 15,253,488 | 1.5% | 224,540 |
| April | 14,575,988 | 13,540,000 | -7.1% | -1,035,988 |
| May | 14,953,923 | 14,416,000 | -3.6% | -537,923 |
| June | 16,540,652 | 16,000,000 | -3.3% | -540,652 |
| July | 14,502,392 | 13,700,000 | -5.5% | -802,392 |
| August | 14,254,197 | 14,600,000 | 2.4% | 345,803 |
| YTD | 114,827,350 | 109,963,330 | -4.2% | -4,864,020 |
