Application to Establish and Operate Wine Premises, and Wine Bond

The Internal Revenue Code (IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 5351 through 5357 provides for the establishment of bonded wine cellars, bonded wineries, and taxpaid wine bottling houses and, to establish such wine premises, these IRC sections require the filing of applications and bonds. Under these authorities, TTB has issued TTB F 5120.25, Application to Establish and Operate Wine Premises, to collect information that TTB uses to determine the qualifications of an applicant applying to establish and operate a new wine premises. Proprietors of established wine premises also use TTB F 5120.25 to report changes to required information such as location and ownership. Unless exempted by the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5551(d), wine premises respondents use TTB F 5120.36, Wine Bond, to file bond coverage with TTB. The bond may be secured through a surety company or it may be secured with collateral (cash, Treasury Bonds or Treasury Notes). The bond protects the revenue by ensuring adequate assets are available to pay Federal excise tax liabilities.

The latest form for Application to Establish and Operate Wine Premises, and Wine Bond expires 2024-01-31 and can be found here.

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