At a news conference celebrating the industry, Beshear strongly hinted that he’d like his tax reform commission to look at that tax.
“As my tax reform task force meets throughout this year to study how we can better align our tax structure with the principles of fairness and economic competitiveness the barrel tax will be one of those taxes that we really need to look at,” Beshear said.
Distillers would like the tax to turn into a tax credit, where the extra money will go to capital improvements for their businesses.
The barrel tax is a two-layered tax, where part goes to local communities and other parts go to the state.
