This extends plans in the 2023 federal budget to cap excise duties on all alcoholic products for one year, instead of a planned 6.3 per cent increase. “The cap on the alcohol tax gives operators ...

The tax would be $1 per gram on purchases less than $10, and 10 per cent on amounts more than $10.

For domestic brewers, the current excise tax ranges from $3.482 to $29.597 per hectolitre (100 litres) of beer, for beer containing more than 2.5 per cent absolute ethyl alcohol by volume.

Producers of wines, beers and spirits in B.C. say while they welcome the federal government's decision to cap alcohol excise tax increase at two per cent for the new fiscal year, they would rather ...

The tax, which the panel called a “substantial burden” for cannabis producers, amounts to the higher of $1 per gram or a 10 per cent per-gram fee for dried and fresh cannabis, plants and seeds.

The alcohol excise tax had been set to rise on April 1 by 4.7 per cent, tied to inflation, but Freeland announced today that the increase is being capped at the lower rate.