Yes, you’ve waited all month for it and now it is here: The Beer Institute has published its unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid by beer brewers. Try to contain yourself.
The December 2015 domestic tax paid estimate is 13,532,000 barrels. December 2014 removals were 13,783,000 (revised) for a decrease of -1.8%.
Please note that the estimates below for January through October of both 2014 and 2015 reflect revised estimates released by the TTB:
|
Month |
2014 |
2015 |
Percent Change |
Volume Change |
|
January |
13,762,650 |
12,930,000 |
-6.1% |
-832,650 |
|
February |
13,403,861 |
12,440,000 |
-7.2% |
-963,861 |
|
March |
14,771,333 |
15,239,000 |
3.2% |
467,667 |
|
April |
14,932,752 |
14,991,000 |
0.4% |
58,248 |
|
May |
16,019,434 |
15,514,000 |
-3.2% |
-505,434 |
|
June |
16,660,383 |
16,666,000 |
0.0% |
5,617 |
|
July |
16,329,157 |
15,969,000 |
-2.2% |
-360,157 |
|
August |
15,429,182 |
15,758,000 |
2.1% |
328,818 |
|
September |
15,185,247 |
15,500,000 |
2.1% |
314,753 |
|
October |
14,326,992 |
14,055,000 |
-1.9% |
-271,992 |
|
November |
12,528,000 |
12,127,000 |
-3.2% |
-401,000 |
|
December |
13,783,000 |
13,532,000 |
-1.8% |
-251,000 |
|
Calendar Year |
177,131,992 |
174,721,000 |
-1.4% |
-2,410,992 |
