Vinophile Better Have My Money

By Kleinheider Posted on March 29, 2009 at 1:54 pm

Tennessee’s Revenue Department is concerned by a bill that would let Tennesseans buy up to five cases at out-of-state wineries and carry them back into the state:

State Revenue Commissioner Reagan Farr said it will be difficult for the state to make sure the wine buyers have paid the state tax that is due if the bill becomes law, short of checking receipts at the state line.

Farr says another bill seeking to allow the direct shipment of wine would impose more rigorous taxation standards.

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Why Our Tennessee Fathers Don’t Want Wine In Grocery Stores

By Kleinheider Posted on March 2, 2009 at 3:57 pm

From Grantham is Talking:

Why would legislators not want more sales competition in a state so dependent on sales tax revenues?

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Well, And The Mom And Pop Liquor Stores, Let’s Not Forget Them

By Kleinheider Posted on at 12:57 pm

Ilissa Gold asserts that keeping wine out of grocery stores benefits the few at the expense of inconveniencing the many:

But please don’t confuse the issue with teen drinking. That’s just a way to deflect the true intent of those who oppose wine in grocery stores, which is to keep Tennessee stuck with an antiquated system that inconveniences consumers for the benefit of a few wholesalers.

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