The association - which represents the country's two largest breweries, DB and Lion - has written to Finance Minister Grant Robertson asking for the tax reduction. It would mean businesses selling beer on tap would save $38 per 50-litre keg of 5 per cent beer. Its owner Greig Wilson said this was the exact sort of targeted support that the hospitality industry had been crying out for. The proposed tax reduction could provide valuable extra income to hospitality businesses. Firth admitted the tax reduction would also benefit those making and selling the beer to bars and restaurants.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 13, 2021 17:15 UTC