WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), said today that he, along with Representatives Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.) and Adrian Smith (R-Neb.), have introduced a bill that would exempt kombucha from taxes intended for beverages with much higher alcohol content.
"A serving of kombucha contains about as much alcohol as an overripe banana, so there's no reason to tax it like it's a full-on alcoholic beverage," Wyden said. "It's past time to sober up our tax code and give kombucha producers a fair shake, and that's what our bill is all about."
"Kombucha isn't comparable to traditional alcoholic beverages like beer, and taxing it as if it were doesn't make sense," Salinas said. "We ne...