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Form LB41 Instructions
File the original Form LB41 with the
for each additional 30-day period (or any
The conversion table below is for the most
Department of Revenue and keep a copy
part thereof) to a maximum of 15 percent.
commonly used sizes of kegs and cases.
for your records. Copies and supporting
Returns filed after the due date will be
Multiply the number you have of each size
records must be saved for a minimum of 3½
assessed a 5 percent late-filing penalty on
by the decimal shown.
years.
any unpaid tax, or if no tax is due a penalty
Conversion table
of $25 is assessed for each unfiled return.
General Instructions
Multiply the quantity
Interest will accrue on any unpaid tax and
If you have:
you have by:
Brewers or any person who imports, or
penalty.
directly or indirectly sells beer to Minnesota
50 ltr bbl
.42608
wholesalers must file a return and pay
Payment Options
30 ltr bbl
.25565
fermented malt beverages tax.
6/64 oz. case
.09677
Electronic Payments
12/40 oz. case
.12097
Monthly filing is mandatory if your tax
If you paid more than $10,000 in Minnesota
12/32 oz. case
.09677
averages $500 or more per month.
24/22 oz. case
.13306
excise taxes during the last 12-month period
15/22 oz. case
.08317
ending June 30, you are required to make
You must request, in writing, authorization
12/22 oz. case
.06653
your payments electronically. You must also
to file annually or quarterly. The authoriza-
24/16 oz. case
.09677
pay electronically if you’re required to pay
tion remains in effect as long as the tax
12/16 oz. case
.04839
any Minnesota business tax electronically,
remains within the limits stated below.
30/12 oz. case
.09073
such as sales and withholding taxes.
24/12 oz. case
.07258
• Annual filing. Tax must average less
20/12 oz. case
.06048
Go to and
than $100 per month.
18/12 oz. case
.05444
log in to e-services. If you don’t have
• Quarterly filing. Tax must average less
12/12 oz. case
.03629
Internet access, you can pay by phone at
than $500 per month.
6/12 oz. case
.01815
1-800-570-3329. You’ll need your bank
24/11.2 oz. case
.06774
• Monthly filing. Tax must average $500
35/7 oz. case
.06174
routing and account numbers. You must use
or more per month.
12/21.3 oz. case
.06441
an account not associated with a foreign
Monthly manufacturer’s warehouse re-
bank.
port. If you have a manufacturer’s ware-
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house permit under M.S. 340A.3055, you
Note: If you’re currently paying
must complete Form LB41-MW, Manu-
To qualify for this credit, you must be
electronically using the ACH credit method,
facturer’s Minnesota Warehouse Report,
a brewer who, in the last calendar year,
continue to call your bank as usual. If you
each month and attach it when you file your
produced less than 250,000 barrels of all
wish to make payments using the ACH
Form LB41.
brands or labels of beer. All facilities for
credit method, instructions are available at
producing beer owned or controlled by the
.
Due date
same person, corporation or other organiza-
Paying by Check
tion count as a single brewer.
Tax returns and payments must be filed and
If you are paying by check, complete at
paid as follows:
Brewers earn the credit during the calendar
Fermented Malt Beverage Tax Return
year and use the credit in the following fis-
Annually: File and pay by the 18th day
Payment voucher and include with your
cal year. For instance, the credit on barrels
of January following the calendar year in
payment. You can find the voucher on our
produced Jan. 1, 2012 through Dec. 31,
which the sales were made.
website at .
2012 are used July 1, 2013 through June 30,
Quarterly: File and pay by:
2014.
Columns A and B
• April 18 for the quarter ending March 31
Qualified brewers are entitled to a tax credit
• July 18 for the quarter ending June 30
Instructions
of $4.60 per barrel up to 25,000 barrels, or
• Oct. 18 for the quarter ending Sept. 30
Note: 3.2% alcohol is measured by weight,
$115,000, regardless of the alcohol content
• Jan. 18 for the quarter ending Dec. 31
not by volume.
of the beer. In the fiscal year, the total
Monthly: File and pay by the 18th day of
credit claimed can’t exceed the tax owed or
The Minnesota tax rate for beer is based on
the month following the month in which the
$115,000, whichever is less.
the 31-gallon barrel and the alcohol content
sales were made.
of beer. You must convert all measurement
Schedule C
If the due date falls on a weekend or holi-
of kegs and cases into barrels or percent-
You may qualify for a credit for destroyed
day, returns and payments received the next
ages of a barrel.
product if
business day are considered timely.
To convert kegs and cases into barrels,
• you’ve been ordered to destroy the prod-
Note: As pursuant M. S. 297G.09, subd. 1,
divide the total ounces of beer in the kegs
uct by another government agency or
a return must be filed even if no tax is due.
or cases by 3,968 (the number of ounces in
• insurance proceeds don’t cover the tax
a barrel).
due for the destroyed product
Penalties and Interest
1 barrel = 31 gallons
If you’re not sure if you qualify, please
A 5 percent late-payment penalty will be
1 gallon = 128 fluid ounces
contact us.
assessed on any unpaid tax for the first
1 liter = 0.264172 gallons
30 days. The penalty increases 5 percent

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