Press release No. 133 of 4 April 2019
WIESBADEN – In 2018, 186 million litres of alcohol were taxed in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a year-on-year increase of 4.9%.
Following the abolition of the spirits monopoly, the Alcohol Tax Act has regulated the taxation of alcohol and products containing alcohol since 1 January 2018. This includes, for example, spirituous beverages such as fruit spirits, rum or liqueurs. On the whole, the Federation collected 2.1 billion euros in revenue from alcohol tax (formerly spirits tax) in 2018.
