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01/15/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Sugar sticker shock in Seattle: New tax on sweetened beverages more than DOUBLES the price on some items

A new tax on sugary drinks that went into effect in Seattle at the beginning of the month has caused the price of some products there to double, and residents are voicing their unhappiness with the new rule. Seattle joined several other American cities in taxing sodas and other beverages sweetened with sugar. The city’s […]

03/11/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Government trying to tax Kombucha as alcohol

Is the government really trying to tax kombucha? Those in the kombucha industry have had concerns about a federal smack-down for years. In 2015, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) even sent warning letters to a number of kombucha brewers to accuse them of producing beverages that supposedly exceeded the allowable alcohol […]

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