Under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC)
at 26 U.S.C. 5041(c), certain small wine producers are eligible for
a tax credit which may be taken to reduce the Federal excise tax
they pay on wines (including hard ciders) removed from their
premises during a calendar year. In addition, small producers can
transfer their tax credit to other bonded wineries and bonded
warehouses ("transferees") that store their wine and ship it on
their instructions. Under the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau (TTB) regulations, a transferee uses information provided by
the small wine producer to take the appropriate tax credit on
behalf of the producer, and the producer uses the information to
monitor its own tax payments to ensure it does not exceed the
authorized annual credit. TTB uses the collected information to
protect the revenue and ensure compliance with Federal law and
regulations. During field audits, TTB uses the collected
information to verify excise tax computations, and to ensure that
wines claimed for this credit were lawfully produced, stored,
shipped, and transferred.
US Code:
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USC 5041(c) Name of Law: Internal Revenue Code
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the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
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