Because rice wine has been "upgraded" from cooking wine to a spirit, the tax on it is due to rise, not fall, and opportunistic hoarding by retailers to drive up prices has forced the Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Board to take the unusual step of requiring consumers take their household registration certificates with them to its sales outlets to buy limited quantities of the wine.
由於米酒將從料理酒一下被「升格」為蒸餾酒，稅率不降反升，零售商趁機囤積以哄抬價格，迫使公賣局相對使出奇招，讓消費者拿著戶口名簿到配銷處限量採購，唯民眾大排長龍的景象仍未消失。