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Oregon Sin Tax Basics
Liquor Tax: OLCC doesn’t place a
“tax” on distilled spirits, but it collects
on the net profits from sales. Distilled
Oregon has the lowest tax on
$213.8 million Ne, ™
collected by Oregon Liquor Control Commission
in 2014. Includes liquor, beer and wine excise
taxes, licenses, permits and fines.
recreational marijuana in the U.S.
Per ounce tax on marijuana sold in
Oregon under Measure 91
Spirits Council of the United States
came up with $22.73 per gallon as a
way to compare OLCC to other states,
however this is not entirely accurate for
all spirits. About 42 percent of the
bottle price is net profit for OLCC, but
this varies. That number is for the
1 cent
The state tax per pint of beer.
Oregon has the sixth lowest beer excise tax in
the U.S. That means a two-pints-a-day beer
drinker pays $7.30 a year in beer taxes in
Oregon. The rate has not changed since 1977.
2.6 cents
Tax per 5-ounce glass of
wine in Oregon.
26 cents
Tax per a 1.5-ounce shot of
liquor. Oregon has the second-highest spirit
excise tax in the U.S.
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Proposed State Senate Bill
that would allow city and county governments to
O LCC’s average bottle price of $15.95.
levy their own taxes on recreational pot or
Beer tax: 8 cents per gallon,
outright ban sales without voter approval - both
unchanged for 38 years.
of which are prohibited under Measure 91.
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Wine tax: 67 cents per gallon for
wines up to 14 percent ABV. For wines
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Number of Oregon cities that want to add
local taxes to recreational marijuana sales - an
additional 10 percent in most cases, including
Portland. Fairview wants to collect an additional
40 percent
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of Multnomah County
residents 12 and older consumed marijuana
with an ABV higher than 14 percent,
it’s 7 7 cents per gallon
Marijuana Tax under Measure 91:
$35 per ounce of flowers, $10 per
ounce of leaves, $5 per immature
living plant - most cities would like to
add an additional 10 percent tax
within the last year.
Cigarette Tax: $1.31 per pack as of
January.
io percent
of O regonians binge
drink each month, according to 2013 figures. The
Oregon Health Authority defines binge drinking
as drinking five or more drinks w ithin < w d p le d T
hours of one another in the past 30 days.
$ i z-qwu iiiiiiiuri Oregon
State Financial Estimate Committee’s estimate
on annual revenue from Measure 91 taxes.
are there because of alcohol.
If an average smoker* smokes 3.53 ounces per
year, he or she would spend $123.55 a year on
marijuana tax in Oregon ifa li the pot were
purchased legally. (*Average amount smoked
based on Colorado rates when pot use was
illegal.)
$68.4 million costO
falcohol
Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, National Survey on Drug Use and
Health, 2010,2011 and 2012.
53 percent
of O regonians in
publicly funded substance treatm ent programs
abuse treatm ent and prevention to Oregon
2006, the (
calculated
Preventative Medicine).
All tax amounts are based on consumption of liquor costing $15.99 per
fifth, which is the average bottle cost in Oregon.