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State Wine Excise Tax Rates

January 1, 2008




STATE

EXCISE
TAX RATES
($ per gallon)


SALES TAXES
APPLIED



OTHER TAXES

Alabama

$1.70

Yes

over 14% - sold through state store

Alaska

2.50

n.a.

Arizona

0.84

Yes

Arkansas

0.75

Yes

under 5% - $0.25/gallon; $0.05/case; and 3% off- and 10% on-premise

California

0.20

Yes

sparkling wine - $0.30/gallon

Colorado

0.32

Yes

Connecticut

0.60

Yes

over 21% and sparkling wine - $1.50/gallon

Delaware

0.97

n.a.

Florida

2.25

Yes

over 17.259% - $3.00/gallon, sparkling wine $3.50/gallon 6.67¢/4 ounces on-premise retail tax

Georgia

1.51

Yes

over 14% - $2.54/gallon; $0.83/gallon local tax

Hawaii

1.38

Yes

Sparkling wine - $2.12/gallon and wine coolers - $0.85/gallon

Idaho

0.45

Yes

Illinois

0.73

Yes

over 20% - $4.50/gallon; $0.246/gallon in Chicago and ($0.16-$0.30)/gallon in Cook County

Indiana

0.47

Yes

over 21% - $2.68/gallon

Iowa

1.75

Yes

under 5% - $0.19/gallon

Kansas

0.30

no

over 14% - $0.75/gallon; 8% off- and 10% on-premise

Kentucky

0.50

Yes*

11% wholesale

Louisiana

0.11

Yes

14% to 24% - $0.23/gallon, over 24% and sparkling wine - $1.59/gallon

Maine

0.60

Yes

over 15.5% - sold through state stores, sparkling wine - $1.25/gallon; additional 5% on-premise sales tax

Maryland

0.40

Yes

Massachusetts

0.55

Yes*

sparkling wine - $0.70/gallon;

Michigan

0.51

Yes

over 16% - $0.76/gallon

Minnesota

0.30

--

14% to 21% - $0.95/gallon, under 24% and sparkling wine - $1.82/gallon; over 24% - $3.52/gallon; $0.01/bottle (except miniatures) and 9% sales tax

Mississippi

0.35

Yes

over 14% and sparkling wine - sold through the state

Missouri

0.30

Yes

Montana

1.06

n.a.

over 16% - sold through state stores

Nebraska

0.95

Yes

 

Nevada

0.70

Yes

14% to 22% - $1.30/gallon, over 22% - $3.60/gallon

New Hampshire

see footnote (1)

n.a.

New Jersey

0.70

Yes

New Mexico

1.70

Yes

over 14% - $5.68/gallon

New York

0.19

Yes

North Carolina

0.79

Yes

over 17% - $0.91/gallon

North Dakota

0.50

--

over 17% - $0.60/gallon, Sparkling wine - $1.00/gallon; 7% state sales tax

Ohio

0.30

Yes

over 14% - $0.98/gallon, vermouth - $1.08/gallon and sparkling wine - $1.48/gallon

Oklahoma

0.72

Yes

over 14% - $1.40/gallon, sparkling wine - $2.08/gallon;
13.5% on-premise

Oregon

0.67

n.a.

over 14% - $0.77/gallon

Pennsylvania

see footnote (1)

Yes

Rhode Island

0.60

Yes

sparkling wine - $0.75/gallon

South Carolina

0.90

Yes

$0.18/gallon additional tax

South Dakota

0.93

Yes

14% to 20% - $1.45/gallon, over 21% and sparkling wine - $2.07/gallon; 2% wholesale tax

Tennessee

1.21

Yes

$0.15/case and 15% on-premise.

Texas

0.20

Yes

over 14% - $0.408/gallon and sparkling wine - $0.516/gallon; 14% on-premise and $0.05/drink on airline sales

Utah

see footnote (1)

Yes

Vermont

0.55

Yes

over 16% - sold through state store, 10% on-premise sales tax

Virginia

1.51

Yes

under 4% - $0.2565/gallon and over 14% - sold through state store

Washington

0.87

Yes

over 14% - $1.72/gallon

West Virginia

1.00

Yes

5% local tax

Wisconsin

0.25

Yes

over 14% - $0.45/gallon

Wyoming

see footnote (1)

Yes

Dist. of Columbia

0.30

Yes

8% off- and 10% on-premise sales tax, over 14% - $0.40/gallon and Sparkling - $0.45/gallon.

 

U.S. Median

0.69


Source: Compiled by FTA from various sources.
* Sales tax is applied to on-premise sales only.
(1) All wine sales are through state stores. Revenue in these states is generated from various taxes, fees and net profits.