Beer Institute releases domestic tax paid estimate

barrels four stacked various configurations — If you find taxes boring, enjoy these delightfully stacked barrels.

Nothing says Wednesday fun like taxes. Luckily, the Beer Institute knows both fun and taxes. Perhaps we’re generalizing here, but the trade association does represent the whole of the $253 billion American beer industry. The Beer Institute’s members include everyone from America’s largest brewers to some of the country’s smallest craft brands. The organization is a great source of statistics, and last week, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid by beer brewers.

Prepare for your head to do this!

The October 2015 domestic tax paid estimate is 13,855,000 bbls. October 2014 removals were 14,225,000 (revised) for a decrease of -2.6 percent. Please note that the estimates below for January through May of both 2014 and 2015 reflect revised estimates released by the TTB:

Month	2014	2015	Percent Change	Volume Change
January	13,760,966	12,926,000	-6.1%	-834,966
February	13,402,263	12,436,000	-7.2%	-966,263
March	14,768,256	15,215,000	3.0%	446,744
April	14,930,890	14,986,000	0.4%	55,110
May	16,019,434	15,511,000	-3.2%	-508,434
June	16,656,962	16,637,000	-0.1%	-19,962
July	16,327,202	15,816,000	-3.1%	-511,202
August	15,427,347	15,605,000	1.2%	177,653
September	15,074,000	15,372,000	2.0%	298,000
October	14,225,000	13,855,000	-2.6%	-370,000
YTD	150,592,320	148,359,000	-1.5%	-2,233,320