A tax is imposed on distilled spirits
other than those used for certain authorized nonbeverage purposes.
The Internal Revenue Code at 26 U.S.C. 5207 provides that the
proprietor of a distilled spirits plant (DSP) must maintain records
of production activities, storage activities, denaturing
activities, and processing activities, and must render reports
covering those activities. This collection of information are those
transaction records which a DSP proprietor must maintain as source
documents for each of the activities listed above. The information
contained in these records are used by distilled spirits plant
proprietors to account for spirits and by TTB to verify those
accounts and consequent tax liabilities. These records also account
for spirits eligible for credit or drawback of Federal excise
tax.
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USC 5207 Name of Law: Internal Revenue Code
There are no program changes
associated with this collection. As for adjustments, TTB is
increasing the collection’s estimated number of respondents and the
resulting total annual responses and burden hours due to growth in
the distilled spirits industry, which has resulted in an increase
in the number of distilled spirits plants regulated by TTB.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.