Tax Facts - Wine Equalisation Tax
Wine Equalisation Tax (WET) is a tax on wine levied at 29%. The tax is paid on the value of the wine at the last wholesale sale, or an equivalent value where there is no wholesale sale.
WET affects wine manufacturers, wholesalers and importers. Retailers do not have a WET liability unless they make their own wholesale wine.
Generally, WET is included in the price that retailers such as bottle shops and restaurants pay when purchasing wine. The retailer is not entitled to claim back the cost of the WET, as the WET is built into the price the retailer pays and then passed onto the consumer.
WET applies to the following alcoholic beverages -
- Grape wine (including sparkling and fortified wine, marsala, vermouth, wine cocktails and creams)
- Other fruit wines and vegetable wines (including fortified fruit and vegetable wines)
- Cider and perry
- Mead (including fortified mead) and sake
More information?
Michael Beddoes, FCA
Director
e mbeddoes@mbapartnership.com.au
t 07 5557 8700