House panel codifies decades‑old alcohol excise deduction, advances HB 1137
The Ways and Means Committee unanimously reported HB 1137, which codifies a long‑standing Division of Alcohol, Tobacco and Tobacco rule allowing distributors to deduct broken or spoiled alcohol from excise tax reports; committee adopted a stylistic amendment and heard brief industry testimony.
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The Florida House Ways and Means Committee on Jan. 22 reported HB 1137 favorably after the sponsor said the bill restores statutory authority for a Division of Alcohol, Tobacco and Tobacco practice that allowed distributors to deduct broken or spoiled alcohol from excise tax reports. Representative Robinson presented the bill and said the administrative rule had governed the practice for roughly 40 years until the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee nullified it last November for lack of statutory authority.
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