(File Photo: Source for Photo: Yuengling Black and Tan cans are stacked in the warehouse of the D.G. Yuengling & Son Brewery Mill Creek plant on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. (Lindsey Shuey/Republican-Herald via AP)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lehigh, PA) State Representative Ana T. Tiburcio, (D-Lehigh), recently introduced a bill in Harrisburg to make it easier for small Pennsylvania craft breweries to get up and running. She is co-sponsoring the bill with Reps. Rob Matzie, (D-Beaver), Steve Samuelson, (D-Northampton) and Dan Deasy, (D-Allegheny). The malt beverage tax credit program allows breweries that invest in their facility or equipment to claim a tax credit that is equal to the amount of capital expenditures they incurred, up to a maximum of $200,000. These tax credits can currently be carried forward for just three years and credits may not be sold to other Pennsylvania breweries. This legislation from Tiburcio would extend the carry forward period of the malt beverage tax credit to five years and let tax credit recipients sell their credits to other Pennsylvania breweries. That bill will be referred to the House Liquor Control Committee for consideration.