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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 9-12, 2019 A-11 The Park Record Continued from A-10 Beer bill fails number that benefited national brands at the expense of local brewers. Utah breweries have sold 3.2 percent beers for the past several years, and brewers would not be able to quickly switch and compete with national producers that already sell fullstrength beers in other states, Dicau previously said. The bill would have gone into effect in July. Hud Knight, co-founder of Park City Brewery, previously said it would be challenging to perfect a new recipe and find packaging in time in order to go up against national brands for shelf space. He, and several other breweries in the state, is in favor of raising the limit to 8 or 9 percent alcohol by volume, which Dicau said is the national average. Continued from A-8 d . Services sales tax k e n e years. h Molly Miller, who runs a sconsulting firm, Miller Meedia and Communications, gsaid it seemed that legislators kwere trying to rush H.B. 441 hthrough at the last minute. sShe would have had to charge tsales taxes, and several of lher customers that own small businesses would have had to dcharge them, too. “It’s also very concerning to eme, a service-based small busi- PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO A bill that would have raised the alcohol percentage limit for beer sold in grocery stores failed in a House committee. Utah brewers that lobbied against the bill say they wanted to see the limit raised even more and did not consider the bill’s failure a success. Dicau hopes the issue is addressed in future legislative sessions. Grocery and convenience store owners will now have to deal with the challenge of stocking their shelves with limited supply. A few national brands have announced in recent months that they plan to stop production of 3.2 percent beer because Utah is one of only two states that has a 3.2 limit still in place. Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma all raised their limits in the past year. Mike Holm, owner of The Market in Park City, said he is concerned about what that means for his store because consumers will have fewer options for purchasing beer. But, he said, he is confident large national brands will come to a compromise to keep Utah shelves stocked. ness owner who relies heavily upon my income to keep my family afloat, that this bill appears to place the heavy burden of staying ‘revenue neutral’ on the backs of Utah companies which provide services,” she said, referring to the bill’s goal of offsetting revenue from taxes on services with a reduction in the tax rate. She was glad to see the bill stall, but does not think the push to tax services is going away soon. Harriet McEntire-Lanka, owner of Align Spa, also said the bill was rushed. Massages were on the list of taxed services under the bill, and she said taxes would most likely hurt her business. “Day spas are not highly profitable businesses,” she said. “If my tiny bit of income that I am accepting through services all the sudden gets bitten into, that doesn’t feel good at all.” She worried that if she raised prices, her regular customers might reconsider paying for massages. But, she said, she did not want to absorb the costs and cut her employees’ pay. Bill Malone, president and CEO of the Park City Chamber/Bureau, said businesses that were vocal on Capitol Hill against the bill had similar arguments. They said it would make their business less competitive. 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