Post Budget Liquor Prices....

[ipeefreely]

Anyone bought liquor this past weekend?

I usually buy Pilsner Urquell from Stupid Store... up $12.60 from last week... $0.60 a can (+tax)! :nut:

I guess because it based on worldwide production so it gets the largest mark-up (http://www.aglc.gov.ab.ca/pdf/quickfacts/markup_rates_schedule.pdf)! :banghead:

[muse017]

It's tax incresae(AGLC Markup) on every alcohol from AGLC, so blame government

[kaput]

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[Thaco]

they just need to legalize pot and tax the shit out of that, leave my damn beer alone!


(to be fair, those receipts are from different locations, i find prices vary by location, i always buy from superstore liquor)

[ipeefreely]

Originally posted by muse017
It's tax incresae(AGLC Markup) on every alcohol from AGLC, so blame government
That was the point of my post (I include the mark up prices)... :confused:


Originally posted by kaput
The alcohol tax rate increased by $0.22/L:

http://alberta.ca/budget-revenue-explained.cfm#liquor

I can't remember how big those cans are, but you can't blame that big of a difference on the tax changes.

500ml $0.60 x2 = $1.20/L

Have a look at the pdf... not I'm not sure how they calculated that the mark-up increase is 22-cents/litre for most products. Unless most people buy from small brewers? :dunno:



Originally posted by Thaco
they just need to legalize pot and tax the shit out of that, leave my damn beer alone!


(to be fair, those receipts are from different locations, i find prices vary by location, i always buy from superstore liquor)
:werd:

I usually buy from both stores and they have the same price. :dunno:

Any way just wondering what other people have experience, seems like anything imported is going to have a big jump in price! :eek:

[kaput]

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[ipeefreely]

Originally posted by kaput
Is this the pdf you are referring to http://aglc.ca/pdf/liquor/LiquorMarkupQandA.pdf ? The third page suggests that standard beer tax <11.9% abv increased by $0.232/L, slightly more than the $0.22/L average.

It looks like you bought 24 x 0.5L = 12L of beer. The tax increase would only account for $2.78 of the difference between your receipts.

Did I make a mistake?

I was referring to this one:http://www.aglc.gov.ab.ca/pdf/quickfacts/markup_rates_schedule.pdf

Edit from the link:

Beer – less than or equal to 11.9% alcohol by volume Based on annual worldwide production (see explanation at bottom*) Mark-up Per Litre

Small brewer mark-up – if production is less than or equal to 20,000HL (hectoliters) $0.20
Small brewer mark-up (mid level) – if production is greater than 20,000HL & less than or equal to 200,000 HL $0.51

Small brewer mark-up (transition) – if production is greater than 200,000HL & less than or equal to 400,000 HL $0.51 on sales in Alberta up to and and including the first 200,000HL $1.20 on sales in Alberta for the next 200,000HL up to and including 400,000HL

Standard beer mark-up – if production is greater than 400,000 HL $1.20

From yours - 90 cents per dozen (341ml); approximately 8 cents per bottle or can.

Mine - $1.20/L for the largest producers... ??

Man this is really confusing! :nut:

[tenth]

That dollar twenty isn't the increase but the total provincial tax. There was already $0.98/L before. Given it's imported, Superstore may have taken this opportunity to adjust for our crummy dollar. Definitely the tax increase alone isn't responsible.

http://www.onbeer.org/2015/04/what-the-alberta-budget-means-for-beer/