DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION
WINE
Filed with the secretary of state on January 27, 2025
These rules become effective immediately after filing with the secretary of state
unless adopted under section 33, 44, or 45a(9) of the administrative procedures
act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.233, 24.244, or 24.245a. Rules adopted under
these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the secretary of state.
(By authority conferred on the liquor control commission by section 40 of article IV of
the state constitution of 1963, sections 201 and 215(1) of the Michigan liquor control
code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1201 and 436.1215, and Executive Reorganization
Order No. 2011-4, MCL 445.2030)
R 436.1725 of the Michigan Administrative Code is amended, as follows:
R 436.1725 Excise tax on wine; reports.
Rule 25. (1) Each wholesaler and wine maker licensed in this state that does not
designate a wholesaler to pay the wine tax shall submit, to the commission, on forms
acceptable to the commission and postmarked not later than the fifteenth day of each
calendar quarter, a wine tax report of all wine sold in this state during the preceding
calendar quarter and the payment of the required wine excise tax due pursuant to section
301 of the act, MCL 436.1301.
(2) The wine excise tax report submitted pursuant to subrule (1) of this rule by a
wholesaler or wine maker licensed in this state must include all of the following
information:
(a) The total sales of wine made into this state during the period covered by the report.
(b) The total amount of the wine excise tax due.
(c) The date that each shipment of wine was made.
(d) The name and address of the retailer licensed in this state that received each
shipment of wine.
(e) The invoice number for each sale of wine.
(f) The brand name, quantity, and container size of each item of wine sold.
(3) Each wine maker licensed in this state that designates a wholesaler to report and pay
its wine taxes shall notify the commission of its selection through electronic mail. Each
wine maker licensed in this state that designates a wholesaler shall select a wholesaler or
wholesalers sufficient to cover all the areas of the state where the wine maker's products
are distributed. The commission and the wholesaler shall receive notification of the
designation of a wholesaler to report and pay wine taxes not later than April 1. The
selection of a wholesaler to report and pay wine taxes may be changed only by the wine
maker licensed in this state by notification to the commission not later than April 1. The
change of designated wholesalers is effective May 1. A wine maker licensed in this state
December 18, 2024