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The Publican's Morning Advertiser is backing an industry-wide campaign to scrap the beer duty escalator, which puts up tax on beer by 2% above inflation every year, threatening the future of British pubs and the people they employ. Sign the petition at Save Your Pint

Beer tax investigation to be launched by All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group

18-Apr-2012 - The All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPG) has launched an inquiry into beer tax fraud following Government plans over duty stamps.

CAMRA has 1m beer mats for pubs to promote scrapping of duty escalator

18-Apr-2012 - The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has a million free beer mats available for pubs to order to encourage customers to sign an e-petition asking the Chancellor to scrap the alcohol duty escalator.

VAT campaigner welcomes ski lift rate decision

17-Apr-2012 - Jacques Borel, leader of the hospitality industry campaign to reduce VAT, has welcomed the decision in last month’s budget to cut VAT on ski lifts in Scotland from 20% to 5%.

Petition calling for duty escalator to be scrapped hits 28,000 signatures

10-Apr-2012 - A petition calling for the beer duty escalator to be scrapped has hit close to 28,000 signatures.

Licensees face criminal prosecution if they fail to meet alcohol duty stamp laws

05-Apr-2012 - Licensees risk criminal prosecution and a loss of their alcohol licence if they sell packaged beers that don’t meet new regulations aimed at combating duty fraud.

Licensees liable to pay new machines games duty

04-Apr-2012 - Licensees will be liable to pay the new machine games duty (MGD) set to come into force in February 2013.

Black Sheep disappointed at Budget ‘double whammy’

26-Mar-2012 - Jo Theakston, marketing director at Black Sheep Brewery, estimated that the business will have to pay an extra £400,000 in duty — last year it paid £7.5m on a turnover of £19m.

'Back British beer', former pubs minister tells Chancellor

23-Mar-2012 - Former pubs minister John Healey MP has urged the Chancellor to “back British beer" by reviewing the beer duty escalator before next year’s Budget.

Budget 2012: Pub industry condemns beer duty rise

21-Mar-2012 - Pub companies and trade groups have expressed their dismay at the Chancellor’s decision to maintain the alcohol duty escalator in the 2012 budget, which has resulted in a 5% rise in duty - to come into force at midnight on Sunday.

Budget 2012: Beer duty stamp consultation launched

21-Mar-2012 - Introducing duty stamps on all bottles and cans of beer will be “hugely costly” and add a regulatory burden on brewers, according to the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA).

Budget 2012: Gaming machines tax to cost pub trade £14m

21-Mar-2012 - Tax on gaming machines in pubs is set to cost the sector £14m in taxes next year, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has estimated.

Clegg pressed over beer duty escalator

14-Mar-2012 - All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group chairman Andrew Griffiths has urged the deputy PM to scrap the beer duty escalator.

Hospitality leaders call on Chancellor to consider 5% VAT rate

11-Mar-2012 - The British Hospitality Association and leaders of the hospitality industry have called on the Chancellor to reduce the rate of VAT for the tourism sector to 5%.

Consumers support calls to end duty escalator

09-Mar-2012 - More than 4,600 consumers have emailed their local MPs in support of suspending the duty escalator on beer.

Licensees face raft of beer price hikes in 2012

12-Jan-2012 - Licensees have entered 2012 facing a raft of price hikes from major brewers.

BBPA: 'Be fair to pubs on machine game duty'

07-Dec-2011 - Pubs must be left no worse off by the new system of Machine Gaming Duty (MGD) announced by HMRC yesterday, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has said.

HMRC to fight VAT gaming machine ruling

07-Dec-2011 - HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced that it will continue to contest the Rank Group’s claim for overpaid VAT on gaming machines.

Tim Martin "perplexed" by Ted Tuppen's tax claims

01-Dec-2011 - JD Wetherspoon (JDW) chairman Tim Martin has described comments made by Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen on tax and regulation as “confused thinking”.

Tuppen: Supermarkets may need to be "bullied"

18-Nov-2011 - Supermarkets may need to be “bullied” into adopting a responsible pricing strategy on alcohol according to Enterprise Inns chief executive Ted Tuppen.

‘Use VAT to combat cheap drinks’

10-Nov-2011 - Trade leaders have urged the Government to use VAT as the lever to level the playing field with the cheap supermarket deals and combat binge drinking rather than follow Scotland’s lead on minimum pricing.

Brighton Council seeks VAT rise for off-licence sales

30-Sep-2011 - Brighton & Hove City Council is the first local authority to call for the Government to set differential rates of VAT for the on and off-trades to help combat the cheap booze fuelling binge drinking.

BBPA meets Treasury over VAT cut

30-Sep-2011 - The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) will meet Treasury officials this week to discuss the possibility of a VAT reduction across businesses in the hospitality and leisure sectors.

British beer tax accounts for 40% of European tax bill

22-Sep-2011 - British beer tax accounts for 40% of the entire European beer tax bill, claims a new report from accountancy firm Ernst & Young.

Sweden to consider VAT cut

14-Sep-2011 - The Swedish Government has proposed cutting VAT for restaurants and catering services from 25% to 12%.

Treasury vows to examine VAT cut plan

08-Sep-2011 - A Government minister has promised to look at the arguments for cutting VAT for the hospitality sector, but stated reasons why it would be difficult to reduce the level.