The Tax Man Doubles the Downtown Nashville Fee to 50 Cents for Every $100
Downtown Nashville businesses are required to pay a fee, in addition to sales and liquor taxes. Effective July 1, state law increased the fee from .25% to .50%. The increase is allocated for downtown safety and cleanliness.
What Could Be Better than Liquor and Wild Animals?
The Tennessee Distiller’s Guild featured a whiskey tasting at the Memphis Zoo’s June 4 Roar and Pour fundraiser.
Moratorium on New Tennessee Liquor Stores Expires
The law prohibiting issuance of new liquor store licenses will expire on July 1, 2021. At that time, the Tennessee ABC can issue new retail liquor store licenses.
How did this happen?
Many observers expected the Tennessee General Assembly to extend the moratorium or make the moratorium permanent during the 2021 legislative session. The thinking was that retail liquor stores suffered from wine in grocery stores (which we affectionately called WIGS).
Evergreen Renewal Services Exhibits at the National Restaurant Association Show 2022
Flaherty & O’Hara partners Kaitlynd Kruger and Tom Henry attended the National Restaurant Association Show 2022 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL from May 21 to 24, 2022. NRA is the largest annual gathering of foodservice professionals in the Western Hemisphere. Our expo booth showcased Evergreen Renewal Services, our custom-designed cloud-based software for license and permit renewals, with live demonstrations …
Commentary: The Explosion of Technology and Its Impact on the US Alcohol Industry
A patchwork of sometimes odd, sometimes quaint, often illogical alcohol-oriented statutes and localized regulations blossomed all over the United States in the 1930s; many provisions have not been updated since. In a recent commentary on The Legal Intelligencer, R.J. O’Hara of Flaherty & O’Hara surveys the range of ways that consumer preferences, societal and economic forces, and technology are changing …
Evergreen Renewal Services and Flaherty & O’Hara Exhibitor at NACS
Flaherty & O’Hara partners Kaitlynd Kruger and Tom Henry attended the NACS Show at McCormick Place in Chicago from October 6 to 8, 2021. The NACS Show is a conference and expo that brings together convenience and fuel retailing industry professionals for four days of learning, buying and selling, and networking. Evergreen Renewal Services, our custom-designed cloud-based software, was showcased …