Category Archives: TTB

Crown Imports Pays $420,000 to Settle Slotting Fee Charges

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau accepted a $420,000 offer in compromise from Crown Imports LLC, to settle charges it paid retailers to secure tap handle placements. The payments, TTB said, were made through a third party promotional company.  … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Case Could End COLA Censorship. Or It Might Not.

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau reviews alcohol labels for, among other things, decency.  A case argued recently before the U.S. Supreme Court might essentially end that part of the label

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College at Berkeley in the 1970s, a Federal Career Culminating with Helping to Birth TTB Define NABI’s New President.

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Editor’s Note:  This is the first of a series about the people who represent the alcohol beverage industry in Washington.   Robert Tobaissen, the new president of the National Association of Beverage Importers, grew up in San Francisco

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Ohio Wine and Beer Industry Impacted by Government Shutdown

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Just like the snowy vineyard with no grapes on the vine, Ohio’s wine industry is frozen, for now.

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Atlas Beer Works Seeks to Sell Beer Without COLA, Cites Shutdown

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

The Washington, D.C., craft brewer is asking a federal judge to let it sell “The Precious One,” an apricot-infused IPA for which it can’t get

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Gov’t Shutdown Enters Third Week; TTB Remains Closed; Will Soldiers Man TSA Checkpoints?

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau remains mostly shuttered.  While taxpayers can continue to file electronic payments

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