It’s an Unfair Tax

Beer taxes are unfair, hitting the average, middle-class working person the hardest.

Beer tax, just like sales tax, takes a bigger portion of the personal budgets of working families than it does for wealthier people.

Households earning less than $50,000 a year pay half of all beer taxes, while accounting for less than one-fourth of all income earned in the U.S.

Job Losses are Real

When the beer tax increases, beer prices go up, beer sales go down, and jobs are immediately at risk.

When beer taxes were increased in 2010, beer sales dropped by 10% and workers in the industry lost jobs.

Don’t Harm Local Small Business

Higher beer taxes put some of our favorite places to gather at even greater risk by increasing costs for bars, restaurants and craft breweries.

Beer Taxes are Already High

Washington’s beer tax is already much higher than Oregon, Idaho and California.

For the states which are home to the greatest number of craft breweries, Washington’s beer taxes are among the highest in the nation.