Beer Institute releases May 2017 domestic tax paid estimate

Tax talk always gets us giddy, so we love to get all freaky and financial when the Beer Institute publishes its unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers. Recently, the Beer Institute published those stats for May 2017.

The May 2017 estimate is 16,272,000 barrels, an increase of 3.8% versus May 2016 removals of 15,677,000. Please note that the estimates reflect revised estimates released by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).

Month	2016	2017	Percent Change	Volume Change
January	12,697,475	12,951,000	2.0%	253,525
February	12,950,492	11,724,000	-9.5%	-1,226,492
March	15,377,000	14,945,000	-2.8%	-432,000
April	14,744,000	14,134,000	-4.1%	-610,000
May	15,677,000	16,272,000	3.8%	595,000
YTD 2017	71,445,967	70,026,000	-2.0%	-1,419,967