Under the authority of the Internal
Revenue Code (IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 5122, the TTB regulations in 27 CFR
part 31 require retail alcohol beverage dealers to keep records
showing the quantities of all distilled spirits, wines, and beer
received, including information on from whom and when the products
were received, and those regulations also require dealers to keep
records of all alcohol beverage sales of 20 or more wine gallons
made to the same person at the same time. At the retail dealer’s
discretion, those records may consist of commercial invoices or a
book containing the required information, which the dealer must
maintain at their place of business or at an alternate location
under the dealer’s control approved by TTB. In addition, under the
authority of the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5123, the part 31 regulations
also require retail dealers to maintain the required records for at
least 3 years, during which period they must be made available for
TTB inspection during business hours.
There are no program changes
associated with this information collection. As for adjustments,
TTB is removing the one hour of burden previously reported for this
collection as a place holder since this collection consists of
usual and customary business records kept during the normal course
of business at the respondent's premises, which, under the OMB
regulations at 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2), place no annual burden on its
respondents.
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.