I live on Islay near lots of distilleries. So I decided to find out how much money everyone on Islay would get in tax if they got the tax from the whisky made at Lagavullin in a year. I found out that Lagavullin produces 4.2 million litres a year. There are 3,000 people on Islay. £3 of every £4 spent on a bottle of whisky goes as tax to the government. A cheap 1 litre bottle of Lagavullin costs about £24. So £18 is tax, because 3/4 of 24 is 18. For whisky produced in a year, it is £18 x 4,200,000 = £75,600,000 from Lagavullin whisky in a year is tax. So each person on Islay would get £75,600,000/3,000 = £25,200. And that is just one distillery, we have 9!
