(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, for the purpose of raising revenue, a tax is imposed upon the privilege of engaging in business as a manufacturer or a wholesaler of ready-to-drink cocktails at a rate of ninety-five cents per gallon. The gallonage tax imposed by this section shall be imposed only on alcoholic liquor upon which a federal excise tax is imposed.

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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 53-160.04

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Alcoholic liquor: includes alcohol, spirits, wine, beer, and any liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine, or beer and capable of being consumed as a beverage by a human being. See Nebraska Statutes 53-103.02
  • Commission: means the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission. See Nebraska Statutes 53-103.10
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Manufacture: means to distill, rectify, ferment, brew, make, mix, concoct, process, blend, bottle, or fill an original package with any alcoholic liquor and includes blending but does not include the mixing or other preparation of drinks for serving by those persons authorized and permitted in the Nebraska Liquor Control Act to serve drinks for consumption on the premises where sold. See Nebraska Statutes 53-103.19
  • Manufacturer: means every brewer, fermenter, distiller, rectifier, winemaker, blender, processor, bottler, restaurant, hotel, or person who fills or refills an original package and others engaged in brewing, fermenting, distilling, rectifying, or bottling alcoholic liquor, including a wholly owned affiliate or duly authorized agent for a manufacturer. See Nebraska Statutes 53-103.20
  • Sale: means any transfer, exchange, or barter in any manner or by any means for a consideration and includes any sale made by any person, whether principal, proprietor, agent, servant, or employee. See Nebraska Statutes 53-103.33
  • Spirits: means any beverage which contains alcohol obtained by distillation, mixed with water or other substance in solution. See Nebraska Statutes 53-103.38
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Wholesaler: includes a distributor, distributorship, and jobber. See Nebraska Statutes 53-103.41

(2) Manufacturers or wholesalers of ready-to-drink cocktails shall be exempt from the payment of the gallonage tax imposed by this section on such products upon satisfactory proof, including bills of lading furnished to the commission by affidavit or otherwise as the commission may require, that such ready-to-drink cocktails were manufactured in this state but shipped out of this state for sale and consumption outside this state.

(3) The gallonage tax imposed by this section shall be in addition to all other occupation or privilege taxes imposed by this state or by any municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof.

(4) The commission shall collect the gallonage tax on ready-to-drink cocktails and shall account for and remit to the State Treasurer at least once each week all money collected pursuant to this section. If any spirits manufactured in or shipped into this state are sold to a licensed manufacturer or wholesaler of this state to be used solely as an ingredient in the manufacture of ready-to-drink cocktails for human consumption, the tax imposed upon such manufacturer or wholesaler shall be reduced by the amount of the taxes which have been paid as to such spirits so used under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act. The net proceeds of all revenue arising under this section shall be credited to the General Fund.