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06 April, 2020



Brewing news Germany: Government gives breweries option to defer annual beer tax

The German government has moved to give breweries greater financial leeway during the novel coronavirus pandemic by giving them the option to defer the annual beer tax, The Weekly Times reported on April 6.

"In order to improve the liquidity of breweries in the current difficult situation and to protect jobs, the Federal Ministry of Finance and the state counterparts have agreed that the beer tax can be deferred", a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Finance told dpa.

Many breweries have run into financial problems in connection with the coronavirus pandemic as exports have largely ceased, events have been cancelled and restaurants have had to close.

Applications to defer the tax could be submitted to the main customs offices until 31 December 2020 for taxes already due now or taxes that become due before that date, the ministry said.

"The main customs offices are to accommodate the breweries to avoid undue hardship. Charging interest on the deferral can be waived, as a rule," the ministry spokesman said.

The German Brewers' Association called the deferral option an important signal for the industry, which is under great pressure.

The beer tax is paid to the federal states and the payments from 2019 are expected to amount to a total of some 650 million euros ($A1.2 billion), according to finance ministry figures.





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