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Arizonans pay fewer taxes than people in most other states when they crack open a cold one.
By the numbers: Arizona's tax on beer is $0.16 per gallon, lower than 35 other states and D.C., per an analysis by the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.
Zoom out: Tennessee (about $1.29 per gallon), Alaska ($1.07) and Hawai'i ($0.93) have the highest overall state taxes on beer.
- Wyoming ($0.02), Missouri ($0.06) and Wisconsin ($0.07) have the lowest.
Between the lines: Some states tax beer differently based on its strength, the size of the container, where it's purchased and other factors.
What they're saying: Federal and state beer taxes "are often levied on the manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer," write the Tax Foundation's Jacob Macumber-Rosin and Adam Hoffer, with the tax burden "baked into the final retail price."
- "The tax burden accounts for more of the final price of beer than labor and materials combined."