Creating a Level Playing Field for American Rum Producers

Sep 19, 2017 | Agriculture, Blog Posts, Taxes

Congressman Higgins recently introduced legislation to repeal the rum tax cover-over program. Learn more about the cover-over, and how it is hurting rum producers in the continental United States.

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