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TACIR staff proposes licensing and post-and-hold fixes to ease restaurant openings; no recommendation on drink tax rate
Summary
A TACIR draft report on liquor-by-the-drink tax and restaurant regulations recommends clarifying that temporary certificates of occupancy satisfy liquor-license applicants, automating licensing via STS, and considering repeal or reduction of Tennessee's 360-day post-and-hold wholesale pricing requirement; the commission offered the draft for comment and took no vote.
Staff presented a draft report examining the liquor-by-the-drink tax and restaurant licensing barriers in response to legislation (Senate Bill 262 and House Bill 2419). Madison Moffitt said the study identified licensing delays tied to document requirements, server-permit barriers and the state’s post-and-hold wholesale price law.
The draft recommends that the Tennessee Alcoholic…
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