South Lakes MP Tim Farron has joined calls urging the Chancellor to reverse proposed tax changes which could threaten the future of small breweries.
Mr Farron has joined 102 other cross-party MPs in signing a joint letter to Rishi Sunak, arguing that changing small breweries’ relief (SBR) would devastate local brewers at a time when many businesses are already struggling to survive.
Small breweries’ relief was introduced in 2002 to help up-and-coming breweries become profitable and compete with the big brewing companies.
The relief currently gives any brewer producing less than 5,000 hectolitres (hl) annually a 50 per cent discount on beer duty.
But the Government is looking to reduce that upper limit to 2,100hl, resulting in smaller breweries being slapped with a big tax hike.
Mr Farron said: “At a time when small breweries have been crippled by the pandemic, it frankly beggars belief that the Chancellor would introduce new measures to penalise them further.
https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/1895...s-chancellor-rishi-sunak-scrap-beer-tax-hike/
Mr Farron has joined 102 other cross-party MPs in signing a joint letter to Rishi Sunak, arguing that changing small breweries’ relief (SBR) would devastate local brewers at a time when many businesses are already struggling to survive.
Small breweries’ relief was introduced in 2002 to help up-and-coming breweries become profitable and compete with the big brewing companies.
The relief currently gives any brewer producing less than 5,000 hectolitres (hl) annually a 50 per cent discount on beer duty.
But the Government is looking to reduce that upper limit to 2,100hl, resulting in smaller breweries being slapped with a big tax hike.
Mr Farron said: “At a time when small breweries have been crippled by the pandemic, it frankly beggars belief that the Chancellor would introduce new measures to penalise them further.
https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/1895...s-chancellor-rishi-sunak-scrap-beer-tax-hike/
