Federal Excise Tax Calculator on Pure Ethanol

Pure ethyl alcohol for industrial use, may be purchased as tax-paid alcohol. Tax paid industrial alcohol may be purchased for non-beverage use without a federal permit or bond, by payment of the federal tax of $13.34 per proof gallon (PG). Please note that packaging sold in metric units of measure (4 x 4 liters, 24 x 500mL's etc) must be taxed on calculations carried out to 6 decimals.

Example: 4 x 4 liters = 16 liters x 0.264172 L/Gal = 4.226752 wine gallons.

This rate is a reduction from the previous effective rate of $13.50 that has changed as part of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act that is effective until 12/31/19.

*Please note that the tax on your order will be calculated by taking the total proof gallons by line item quantity, multiplied by the tax rate:

i.e. 104.4 proof gallon drums of pure 190 proof; 30 drums on order = 104.4 x 30 = 3132.0 PG.
3132.0 PG x $13.34 = $41780.88

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