In many states the liquor taxes are very high—on top of everything else.
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-distilled-spirits-taxes-2024/
on top of everything else
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Some things are nice to be on top of.
I know about the taxes too, most have never changed since before Covid. But they marked everything up 150% during Covid and refuse to come down any. They are still expecting and trying to get Covid prices and folks are waking up to this scam... They think folks are too stupid to know Covid is over...
I know the industry well, I have a good friend who is a distributor. I know exactly what their real costs and markups are. And they have universally price fixed the market.
I had a workshop in Washington state. I was thinking of bringing something for after hours but figured I would just buy there at the nearby Costco. Something like 50% tax on everything. We didn’t drink that weekend.