WTN Services Compliance Update: Kansas to Open for Winery Direct Shipping July 1st
Kansas approved senate bill 212 on April 12th. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/212.pdf Governor Kathleen Sebelius followed suit today by signing the bill into law, which will go into effect on July 1st, 2009.
Once the application forms are available, wineries will be able to apply for a special order shipping license with an initial $50 registration fee and an annual renewal fee of $10. Kansas residents will have direct access to up to 12 cases of wine per address from a winery per year. Another specification of SB 212 is a method of age enforcement, required before shipping to residents; licensees must confirm the age of the consumer by either physically examining an approved government issued ID or using an approved internet age and identification service. Permit holders will be required to remit annual sales and excise taxes as well
We will update you as soon as forms are available and our compliance department is happy to enable application processing for you.
Please visit your wine counsel, or Ship Compliant at http://shipcompliant.com/ for further updates.