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Liquor license lawyer chicago illinois make this world better charitable donations

Is your bar, brewery, winery or distillery helping out by soliciting for a charity in Illinois? First – Great Job! Also, be advised – there are statutes and regulations that govern that and you need to follow them.

Illinois charity promotions involve statutes, attorney-general rules, and liquor regulations. This article outlines issues for beverage businesses.

SBA PPP Loan forgiveness application and instructions Guidance on getting your PPP loan forgiven

PPP loan forgiveness application published – familiarize yourself with what you need to know to get your PPP loan forgiven. Application instructions are the best guidance so far about applying the criteria and achieving forgiveness. Also, forms confirm businesses want to document employee’s refusal to accept re-hiring and keep other required documentation.

The original May 2020 PPP forgiveness application explains payroll records, staffing calculations, and documenting employees’ refusal of rehire offers.

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Indiana alcohol regulatory body enjoined from enforcing in-state residency requirements for packaged liquor retailer licenses. Tennessee Wine applied means some regular state arguments for statutory justification must be rejected and cannot satisfy health and safety analysis. Bonus: we’ve got the docs for you.

A 2020 Indiana injunction applies Tennessee Wine to package-store residency requirements, examining the state’s asserted health and safety justifications.

breweries wineries and distilleries are having their bonding requirement eliminated in Illinois if they're under $50,000 per year in tax

TTB provides insight for tax relief and destruction of unmerchantable beer; also changes some trade practice policies for craft distillers, craft brewers, wholesalers, bars and wineries during COVID-19.

A review of TTB’s temporary 2020 policies on beer destruction, tax relief, product returns, credit terms, gift cards, and retailer-related donations.

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Illinois authorizes returns of wine and spirits for bars and restaurants. But act fast and don’t expect much – the guidance is limited in ways beer returns are not.

The ILCC’s April 2020 guidance permitted limited wine and spirits returns, with conditions differing from the earlier pandemic beer-return policy.

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6th Circuit rules in favor of 3-tier system blocking access to out-of-state liquor retailers in Michigan case looking to allow out-of-state retailers to deliver to in-state consumers where in-staters have that privilege.

An analysis of the Sixth Circuit’s 2020 Lebamoff decision on Michigan retailer shipping, the three-tier system, and dormant Commerce Clause claims.

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Illinois Liquor Control Commission (@ILLiquorControl) updates FAQ to respond to issues raised for Illinois’s Stay at Home Executive Order – breweries, restaurants, distilleries, wholesalers, wineries, bars, liquor stores remain open (no on-premise consumption) and delivering.

The ILCC’s March 2020 FAQ addresses essential alcohol businesses, delivery, returns, and operational limits under Illinois’ stay-at-home order.