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A bill for an act concerning quarterly reports on and payments of beer barrel and wine gallonage taxes, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 1213 .)

A bill for an act concerning quarterly reports on and payments of beer barrel and wine gallonage taxes, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 1213 .)

Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Last action
2025-04-23
Official status
Withdrawn. S.J. 871 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act concerning quarterly reports on and payments of beer barrel and wine gallonage taxes, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 1213 .)

A bill for an act concerning quarterly reports on and payments of beer barrel and wine gallonage taxes, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 1213 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act concerning quarterly reports on and payments of beer barrel and wine gallonage taxes, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 1213 .)

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-23 Iowa Legislature

    Withdrawn. S.J. 871 .

  2. 2025-04-23 Iowa Legislature

    HF 994 substituted. S.J. 870 .

  3. 2025-04-21 Iowa Legislature

    Attached to HF 994 . S.J. 832 .

  4. 2025-04-17 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 828 .

  5. 2025-04-17 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. S.J. 827 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act concerning quarterly reports on and payments of beer barrel and wine gallonage taxes, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 1213 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

631

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

631

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

WAYS

AND

MEANS

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SSB

1213)

(COMPANION

TO

HF

994

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

WAYS

AND

MEANS)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

concerning

quarterly

reports

on

and

payments

of

beer

1

barrel

and

wine

gallonage

taxes,

and

including

effective

2

date

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

4

TLSB

2303SV

(1)

91

ns/ns

S.F.

631

Section

1.

Section

123.137,

subsection

1,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

1.

a.

A

Except

as

provided

in

paragraph

“b”

,

a

person

3

holding

a

class

“A”

or

special

class

“A”

beer

permit

shall,

4

on

or

before

the

tenth

day

of

each

calendar

month

commencing

5

on

the

tenth

day

of

the

calendar

month

following

the

month

6

in

which

the

person

is

issued

a

beer

permit,

make

a

report

7

under

oath

to

the

department

electronically,

or

in

a

manner

8

prescribed

by

the

director,

showing

the

exact

number

of

barrels

9

of

beer,

or

fractional

parts

of

barrels,

sold

by

the

beer

10

permit

holder

during

the

preceding

calendar

month.

The

report

11

shall

also

state

information

the

director

requires,

and

beer

12

permit

holders

shall

at

the

time

of

filing

a

report

pay

to

the

13

department

the

amount

of

tax

due

at

the

rate

fixed

in

section

14

123.136

.

15

b.

A

class

“A”

or

special

class

“A”

beer

permit

holder

who

16

reasonably

expects

to

be

liable

for

not

more

than

two

thousand

17

five

hundred

dollars

in

barrel

tax

for

the

twelve-month

period

18

beginning

July

1

and

ending

June

30,

and

who

was

liable

for

not

19

more

than

two

thousand

five

hundred

dollars

in

barrel

tax

in

20

the

immediately

preceding

twelve-month

period

beginning

July

21

1

and

ending

June

30,

may

file

reports

and

pay

taxes

due

as

22

described

in

paragraph

“a”

on

a

quarterly

basis

according

to

the

23

following

schedule:

24

(1)

On

or

before

October

10

for

the

months

of

July,

August,

25

and

September.

26

(2)

On

or

before

January

10

for

the

months

of

October,

27

November,

and

December.

28

(3)

On

or

before

April

10

for

the

months

of

January,

29

February,

and

March.

30

(4)

On

or

before

July

10

for

the

months

of

April,

May,

and

31

June.

32

Sec.

2.

Section

123.184,

subsection

1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

33

to

read

as

follows:

34

1.

a.

Each

Except

as

provided

in

paragraph

“b”

,

a

class

35

-1-

LSB

2303SV

(1)

91

ns/ns

1/

4

S.F.

631

“A”

wine

permit

holder

on

or

before

the

tenth

day

of

each

1

calendar

month

commencing

on

the

tenth

day

of

the

calendar

2

month

following

the

month

in

which

the

person

is

issued

a

3

permit,

shall

make

a

report

under

oath

to

the

department

4

electronically,

or

in

a

manner

prescribed

by

the

director,

5

showing

the

exact

number

of

gallons

of

wine

and

fractional

6

parts

of

gallons

sold

by

that

permit

holder

during

the

7

preceding

calendar

month.

The

report

also

shall

state

whatever

8

reasonable

additional

information

the

director

requires.

The

9

permit

holder

at

the

time

of

filing

this

report

shall

pay

to

10

the

department

the

amount

of

tax

due

at

the

rate

fixed

in

11

section

123.183

.

12

b.

A

class

“A”

wine

permit

holder

who

reasonably

expects

to

13

be

liable

for

not

more

than

two

thousand

five

hundred

dollars

14

in

wine

gallonage

tax

for

the

twelve-month

period

beginning

15

July

1

and

ending

June

30,

and

who

was

liable

for

not

more

than

16

two

thousand

five

hundred

dollars

in

wine

gallonage

tax

in

the

17

immediately

preceding

twelve-month

period

beginning

July

1

and

18

ending

June

30,

may

file

reports

and

pay

taxes

as

described

in

19

paragraph

“a”

on

a

quarterly

basis

according

to

the

following

20

schedule:

21

(1)

On

or

before

October

10

for

the

months

of

July,

August,

22

and

September.

23

(2)

On

or

before

January

10

for

the

months

of

October,

24

November,

and

December.

25

(3)

On

or

before

April

10

for

the

months

of

January,

26

February,

and

March.

27

(4)

On

or

before

July

10

for

the

months

of

April,

May,

and

28

June.

29

c.

A

penalty

of

ten

percent

of

the

amount

of

the

tax

shall

30

be

assessed

and

collected

if

the

report

required

to

be

filed

31

pursuant

to

this

subsection

is

not

filed

and

the

tax

paid

32

within

the

time

required

by

this

subsection

.

33

Sec.

3.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act

takes

effect

January

1,

34

2026.

35

-2-

LSB

2303SV

(1)

91

ns/ns

2/

4

S.F.

631

EXPLANATION

1

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

2

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

3

Under

current

law,

class

“A”

and

special

class

“A”

beer

4

permit

holders

are

required

to

submit

barrel

tax

reports

and

5

payments

to

the

department

of

revenue

(department)

on

or

before

6

the

10th

day

of

each

month.

The

beer

barrel

tax

rate

is

$5.89

7

for

every

31-gallon

barrel,

and

the

fractional

equivalent

for

a

8

portion

of

a

barrel,

on

all

beer

manufactured

for

sale

and

sold

9

in

this

state

at

wholesale,

all

beer

imported

into

this

state

10

for

sale

at

wholesale

and

sold

in

this

state

at

wholesale,

and

11

(for

special

class

“A”

beer

permittees)

all

beer

manufactured

12

for

consumption

on

the

premises

and

all

beer

sold

at

retail

at

13

the

manufacturing

premises

for

consumption

off

the

premises.

14

Beer

sold

out-of-state

by

class

“A”

and

special

class

“A”

beer

15

permit

holders

or

sold

to

another

class

“A”

beer

permit

holder

16

is

not

subject

to

the

barrel

tax.

17

Under

current

law,

a

class

“A”

wine

permit

holder

is

18

similarly

required

to

report

on

and

pay

the

wine

gallonage

tax

19

to

the

department

on

or

before

the

10th

day

each

month

on

all

20

wine

manufactured

for

sale

and

sold

in

this

state

at

wholesale

21

and

wine

imported

into

this

state

for

sale

at

wholesale

and

22

sold

in

this

state

at

wholesale.

The

wine

gallonage

tax

rate

23

is

$1.75

per

gallon

and

the

fractional

equivalent

for

a

portion

24

of

a

gallon.

Wine

sold

to

another

class

“A”

wine

permittee

or

25

to

a

distributor

outside

of

the

state

is

not

subject

to

the

26

wine

gallonage

tax.

27

This

bill

allows

class

“A”

and

special

class

“A”

beer

permit

28

holders

and

class

“A”

wine

permit

holders

who

reasonably

expect

29

to

be

liable

for

not

more

than

$2,500

in

beer

barrel

tax

or

wine

30

gallonage

tax,

respectively,

for

the

12-month

period

beginning

31

July

1

and

ending

June

30,

and

who

were

liable

for

not

more

than

32

$2,500

in

beer

barrel

tax

or

wine

gallonage

tax,

respectively,

33

in

the

immediately

preceding

12-month

period,

to

file

reports

34

and

pay

taxes

to

the

department

on

or

before

the

10th

day

35

-3-

LSB

2303SV

(1)

91

ns/ns

3/

4

S.F.

631

following

the

end

of

each

quarter,

as

specified

in

the

bill.

1

The

bill

takes

effect

January

1,

2026.

2

-4-

LSB

2303SV

(1)

91

ns/ns

4/

4