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New York, Vermont Officials Up In Arms Over ‘Bootlegged’ New Hampshire Booze

January 14, 2018

Excise taxes on liquor in New Hampshire are so low — and they’re high in New York — that it makes sense for some people to buy thousands of dollars worth of booze in the Granite State and transport it through Vermont to New York, where restaurants are grateful for the savings. But New York and Vermont consider avoiding their liquor excise taxes illegal.