I hadn’t thought about this angle. As said, creative accounting is how some anti-gun businesses end up as 51% in the first place. They definitely need to audit some of these to make sure what revenue divisions being reported are accurate.der Teufel wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:59 pm I don't have a link, but I recently saw an article that said numerous bars were installing kitchens so that they could re-open as a <51% establishment. The TABC is apparently cooperating. If they didn't have a true kitchen, they have to put one in, including things like grease traps, etc. It's not necessarily cheap, but it lets them get back in business. Some places are requiring customers to purchase food so that they can keep the total alcohol sales under 51%. I think the article I read said one place brought a food truck onto the premises to sell food. Others had not been including things like ticket sales for live music events, and when they totaled that up their alcohol sales dropped to under 51%.
Some slightly creative business practices and accounting, but nothing illegal.
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- Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:17 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Covid and 51%
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Re: Covid and 51%
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 1:38 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Covid and 51%
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Re: Covid and 51%
When a business renews their license with the TABC, they must declare if they are 51% or not based on the income source. I will bet that is what they had to do and since their food sales outweighed the alcohols sales, they had to now declare they were not a 51% establishment.