Notice2021-25090
Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request (No. 84)
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November 16, 2021
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Treasury DepartmentAlcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
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As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we invite comments on the proposed or continuing information collections listed below in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63448-63451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25090]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
[Docket No. TTB-2021-0003]
Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request (No. 84)
AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, we invite comments on the proposed or continuing information
collections listed below in this notice.
DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before January 18,
2022.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments on the information collections
described in this document using one of the two methods described
below--
<bullet> Internet: To submit comments electronically, use the
comment form for this document posted on the ``<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>'' e-
rulemaking website at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> within Docket No.
TTB-2021-0003.
<bullet> Mail: Send comments to the Paperwork Reduction Act
Officer, Regulations and Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street NW, Box 12, Washington, DC 20005.
Please submit separate comments for each specific information
collection described in this document. You must reference the
information collection's title, form or recordkeeping requirement
number (if any), and OMB control number in your comment.
You may view copies of this document, the relevant TTB forms, and
any comments received at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> within Docket No.
TTB-2021-0003. TTB has posted a link to that docket on its website at
<a href="https://www.ttb.gov/rrd/information-collection-notices">https://www.ttb.gov/rrd/information-collection-notices</a>. You also may
obtain paper copies of this document, the listed forms, and any
comments received by contacting TTB's Paperwork Reduction Act Officer
at the addresses or telephone number shown below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Hoover, Regulations and
Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G
Street NW, Box 12, Washington, DC 20005; 202-453-1039, ext. 135; or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7ded9d1d8c5dad6c3ded8d9d4d8dbdbd2d4c3ded8d9c4f7c3c3d599d0d8c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cea7a0a8a1bca3afbaa7a1a0ada1a2a2abadbaa7a1a0bd8ebabaace0a9a1b8">[email protected]</span></a> (please do not submit comments to this
email address).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
The Department of the Treasury and its Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau (TTB), as part of a continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invite the general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on the proposed or continuing information
collections described below, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Comments submitted in response to this document will be included or
summarized in our request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the relevant information collection. All comments are part
of the public record and subject to disclosure. Please do not include
any confidential or inappropriate material in your comments.
We invite comments on: (a) Whether an information collection is
necessary for the proper performance of the agency's functions,
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the information collection's
burden; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (d) ways to minimize the information
collection's burden on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide the
requested information.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of
information has a valid OMB control number.
Information Collections Open for Comment
Currently, we are seeking comments on the following forms,
letterhead applications or notices, recordkeeping requirements,
questionnaires, or surveys:
OMB Control No. 1513-0013
Title: Change in Bond (Change of Surety).
TTB Form Number: TTB F 5000.18.
Abstract: The Internal Revenue Code (IRC), at 26 U.S.C. 5114, 5173,
5272, 5354, 5401, and 5711, requires certain alcohol and tobacco
industry proprietors to post a bond as the Secretary of the Treasury
(the Secretary) requires by regulation. The required bond ensures
payment of alcohol and tobacco excise taxes by a surety if a proprietor
defaults on those taxes. Changes in the terms of bonds are effectuated
on form TTB F 5000.18, Change in Bond (Consent of Surety). Once
executed by the proprietor and an approved surety company, the
proprietor files the form with TTB, which retains it as long as the
revised bond agreement remains in force. This collection is necessary
to ensure the tax provisions of the IRC are appropriately applied.
Current Actions: There are no program or adjustments changes
associated with this information collection, and TTB is submitting it
for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Annual Burden
<bullet> Number of Respondents: 120.
<bullet> Average Responses per Respondent: 1 (one).
<bullet> Number of Responses: 120.
<bullet> Average per-Response Burden: 1 hour.
<bullet> Total Burden: 120 hours.
OMB Control No. 1513-0020
Title: Application for and Certification/Exemption of Label/Bottle
Approval.
TTB Form Number: TTB F 5100.31.
Abstract: The Federal Alcohol Administration Act (FAA Act) at 27
U.S.C. 205(e) requires that alcohol beverages sold or introduced into
interstate or foreign commerce be labeled in conformity with
regulations issued by the Secretary. Under the FAA Act, such
regulations are to prevent deception of the consumer, provide the
consumer with ``adequate information'' as to the identity and quality
of the product, and prohibit false or misleading statements, among
other things. Further, under the FAA Act, prior to an alcohol beverage
product's introduction into interstate or foreign commerce, the
producer, bottler, or
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importer of the product must apply for and receive TTB approval of the
product's label. For wines and distilled spirits, such respondents also
may apply for exemption from label approval for products not sold or
entered into interstate or foreign commerce. For distilled spirits, the
TTB regulations also require approval of distinctive liquor bottles.
Respondents use form TTB F 5100.31 or its electronic equivalent, COLAs
Online, to request and obtain such approvals. If approved by TTB, the
form also serves as a certificate of label approval (COLA), a
certificate of exemption from label approval, or distinctive liquor
bottle approval. This collection of information and its related form
implement these statutory and regulatory provisions.
Current Actions: As for program changes, TTB is adding to its
instructions to provide four new ``allowable revisions'' to alcohol
beverage labels described on TTB F 5100.31 and COLAs Online. TTB is
also expanding two allowable revision that were already provided.
``Allowable revisions'' are revisions that can be made to a label
without requiring the submission of a new COLA application; see TTB
Industry Circular 2021-1, at <a href="https://ttb.gov/industry-circulars">https://ttb.gov/industry-circulars</a>, for
details. These changes allow respondents more flexibility in changing
labels without prior TTB approval and will reduce the overall number of
COLA applications required to be submitted to TTB. As for adjustments,
due to changes in agency estimates resulting from increases in the
number of COLA applications TTB annually receives, TTB is increasing
the number of annual respondents, responses, and burden hours
associated with this collection.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Annual Burden
<bullet> Number of Respondents: 12,500.
<bullet> Average Responses per Respondent: 16.4.
<bullet> Number of Responses: 205,000.
<bullet> Average per-Response Burden: 31 minutes.
<bullet> Total Burden: 105,917 hours.
OMB Control No. 1513-0026
Title: Claims for Drawback of Tax on Tobacco Products, Cigarette
Papers, and Cigarette Tubes Exported from the United States.
TTB Form Numbers: TTB F 5200.17 and TTB F 5620.7.
Abstract: The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5706 provides for the drawback
(refund) of Federal excise taxes paid on tobacco products, and on
cigarette papers and tubes, when such articles are subsequently
exported in accordance with the bond and regulatory requirements
prescribed by the Secretary. Under that authority, the TTB regulations
in 27 CFR part 44 provide for drawback of excise taxes paid on such
products shipped to a foreign country, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
or a possession of the United States when the person who paid the tax
files the prescribed claim and bond. The regulations require that
respondents file such claims and certain supporting documentation using
form TTB F 5620.7, while the required bond is filed using form TTB F
5200.17. In addition, respondents may file letterhead applications for
relief from certain regulatory requirements regarding filing of
supporting documentation showing export or loss. This collection
ensures drawback is provided consistent with the statutory provisions.
Current Actions: There are no program changes or adjustments
associated with this information collection at this time, and TTB is
submitting it for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profits.
Estimated Annual Burden
<bullet> Number of Respondents: 13.
<bullet> Average Responses per Respondent: 1 (one).
<bullet> Number of Responses: 13.
<bullet> Average per-Response Burden: 1.385 hours.
<bullet> Total Burden: 18 hours.
OMB Control No. 1513-0027
Title: Removals of Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes
without Payment of Tax.
TTB Form Number: TTB F 5200.14.
Abstract: The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5704(b) provides that a manufacturer
or export warehouse proprietor, in accordance with regulations
prescribed by the Secretary, may remove tobacco products and cigarette
papers and tubes, without payment of tax, for export or consumption
beyond the jurisdiction of the internal revenue laws of the United
States. That IRC section also provides that such persons may transfer
such articles, without payment of tax, to the bonded premises of
another such entity. In addition, the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5722 requires
such persons to make reports as required by regulation. Under those
authorities, the TTB regulations in 27 CFR part 44 require tobacco
product and cigarette paper and tube manufacturers and export warehouse
proprietors to report such removals on form TTB F 5200.14.
Alternatively, under the alternate procedure described in TTB Industry
Circular 2004-3, respondents may submit a Monthly Summary Report of
such removals if records maintained at the respondent's premises
document the export of each removal. Under this information collection,
respondents also submit letterhead notices to modify previously
submitted information, and they submit letterhead applications to
obtain authorization to use an alternative Monthly Summary Report
procedure. The collected information ensures the appropriate payment of
tax under the IRC.
Current Actions: There are no program changes associated with this
information collection, and TTB is submitting it for extension purposes
only. As for adjustments, due to a change in agency estimates, TTB is
decreasing the number of respondents, responses, and burden hour
associated with this information collection.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Annual Burden
<bullet> Number of Respondents: 280.
<bullet> Average Responses per Respondent: 18.
<bullet> Number of Responses: 5,040.
<bullet> Average per-Response Burden: 1.85 hours.
<bullet> Total Burden: 9,324 hours.
OMB Control No. 1513-0030
Title: Claims--Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Taxes.
TTB Form Number: TTB F 5620.8.
Abstract: The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5008, 5056, 5370, and 5705
authorizes the Secretary to provide for claims for taxpayer relief from
excise taxes paid on distilled spirits, wine, beer, and tobacco
products lost or destroyed by theft or disaster, voluntarily destroyed,
or returned or withdrawn from the market. The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5044
also allows for the refund of tax for wine returned to bond. In
addition, the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5111-5114, authorizes the Secretary to
issue drawback (refunds) for a portion of the excise taxes paid on
distilled spirits used in the manufacture of certain nonbeverage
products. Finally, the IRC at U.S.C. 6402-6404 provides that taxpayers
may be refunded on certain overpayments, while section 6423 sets
conditions on such claims for alcohol and tobacco excise taxes. Under
those IRC authorities, the TTB regulations require taxpayers to make
claims using form
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TTB F 5620.8. On that form, the respondent states the amount of and the
reasons and circumstances for the claim. This collected information is
necessary to ensure the tax provisions of the IRC are appropriately
applied as it allows TTB to determine if submitted claims meet the
statutory and regulatory criteria.
Current Actions: There are no program changes or adjustments
associated with this information collection, and TTB is submitting it
for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; Individuals or
households; and Not-for profit institutions.
Estimated Annual Burden
<bullet> Number of Respondents: 5,000.
<bullet> Average Responses per Respondent: 1 (one).
<bullet> Number of Responses: 5,000.
<bullet> Average per-Response Burden: 1 hour.
<bullet> Total Burden: 5,000 hours.
OMB Control No. 1513-0054
Title: Offer in Compromise of Liability Incurred under the
Provisions of Title 26 U.S.C. Enforced and Administered by TTB;
Collection Information Statements for Individuals and Businesses.
TTB Form Numbers: TTB F 5600.17, TTB F 5600.18, TTB F 5640.1.
Abstract: The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 7122 provides that the Secretary may
compromise any civil or criminal case arising under it, including tax
liabilities, in lieu of civil or criminal action. Under this authority,
the TTB regulations require persons to submit offers in compromise for
violations of the IRC on form TTB F 5640.1. Submitters use that form to
identify the tax liabilities or violations being compromised, the
amount of the compromise offer, and the reason for the offer. To
support requests for installment payments of compromise offers, TTB may
require individual and business respondents to supply information
documenting financial hardship on TTB F 5600.17 and TTB F 5600.18,
respectively. The collected information allows TTB to consider the
offer in compromise in relation to the alleged violations of the law
and the potential for a payment plan to address circumstances in which
the individual or business is unable to pay an accepted offer in
compromise immediately in full.
Current Actions: There are no program changes or adjustments
associated with this information collection, and TTB is submitting it
for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; and Individuals
or households.
Estimated Annual Burden
<bullet> Number of Respondents: 40.
<bullet> Average Responses per Respondent: 1 (one).
<bullet> Number of Responses: 40.
<bullet> Average per-Response Burden: 2.5 hours.
<bullet> Total Burden: 90 hours.
OMB Control No. 1513-0055
Title: Offer in Compromise of Liability Incurred under the Federal
Alcohol Administration Act.
TTB Form Number: TTB F 5640.2.
Abstract: The FAA Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) requires certain
alcohol beverage industry members to obtain basic permits from the
Secretary, and it prohibits unfair trade practices and deceptive
advertising and labeling of alcohol beverages. Under 27 U.S.C. 207,
violations of the Act are subject to civil and criminal penalties, but
the Secretary may accept monetary compromise for such alleged
violations. Under that authority, the TTB regulations provide that a
proponent or their agent may submit an offer in compromise to resolve
alleged FAA Act violations using form TTB F 5640.2. The form identifies
the alleged violation(s) and violator(s), amount of the compromise
offer, and the reason(s) for the offer. TTB uses the information to
evaluate the adequacy of the compromise offer in relation to the
alleged violation(s) of the FAA Act and to determine if it should
accept the offer.
Current Actions: There are no program changes or adjustments
associated with this information collection, and TTB is submitting it
for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; and Individuals
or households.
Estimated Annual Burden
<bullet> Number of Respondents: 20.
<bullet> Average Responses per Respondent: 1 (one).
<bullet> Number of Responses: 20.
<bullet> Average per-Response Burden: 2 hours.
<bullet> Total Burden: 40 hours.
OMB Control No. 1513-0090
Title: Excise Tax Return--Alcohol and Tobacco (Puerto Rico).
TTB Form Number: TTB F 5000.25.
Abstract: The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5061(a) and 26 U.S.C. 5703(b)
requires that excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco products be collected
on the basis of a return, filed for the periods, at the times, and
containing the information the Secretary requires by regulation. Under
the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 7652(a), such taxes, at the same rates, are
imposed on similar products manufactured in Puerto Rico and brought
into the United States, and the majority of those taxes are
subsequently transferred into the treasury of Puerto Rico. The TTB
regulations in 27 CFR part 26 (for distilled spirits, wine, and beer)
and part 41 (for tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes),
prescribe the use of TTB F 5000.25, Excise Tax Return--Alcohol and
Tobacco (Puerto Rico) for the collection of the excise taxes imposed by
26 U.S.C. 7652(a). This collection is necessary to ensure the tax
provisions of the IRC are appropriately applied.
Current Actions: There are no program changes or adjustments
associated with this information collection, and TTB is submitting it
for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; Individuals and
households.
Estimated Annual Burden
<bullet> Number of Respondents: 24.
<bullet> Average Responses per Respondent: 19.75.
<bullet> Number of Responses: 474.
<bullet> Average per-Response Burden: 0.75 hour.
<bullet> Total Burden: 356 hours.
OMB Control No. 1513-0112
Title: Special (Occupational) Tax Registration and Returns.
TTB Form Numbers: TTB F 5630.5a, TTB F 5630.d, and TTB F 5630.5t.
Abstract: Before July 1, 2008, various sections of chapter 51 of
the IRC required alcohol industry members to register for and pay an
annual special occupational tax (SOT). However, section 11125 of Public
Law 109-59 permanently repealed, effective July 1, 2008, the SOT on
alcohol beverage producers and marketers, non-beverage product
manufacturers, tax-free alcohol users, and specially denatured spirits
users and dealers, but any SOT liabilities incurred for periods before
that date remain. Also, while most SOT requirements for the alcohol
industry were repealed, 26 U.S.C. 5124 continues to require wholesale
and retail alcohol dealers to register with the Secretary when
commencing or ending business or when certain changes to existing
registration information are necessary. In addition, the IRC at 26
U.S.C. 5731
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and 5732 continues to require manufacturers of tobacco products and
cigarette papers and tubes, as well as export warehouse proprietors, to
register and pay an annual SOT by the use of a return. The
registrations and SOT payments for such entities are due on or before
the date of commencing business, and on or before July 1 of every year
after that. Under the TTB regulations in 27 CFR part 31, alcohol
industry members with pre-July 1, 2008, SOT liabilities use TTB F
5630.5a as the return for such liabilities, while wholesale and retail
alcohol dealers register or report registration changes on TTB F
5630.5d. Under the TTB regulations in 27 CFR parts 40, 44, and 46,
tobacco industry members use TTB F 5630.5t to register and pay SOT.
This collection is necessary to ensure the registration and SOT
provisions of the IRC are appropriately applied.
Current Actions: There are no program changes with this information
collection, and TTB is submitting it for extension purposes only. As
for adjustments, due to changes in agency estimates, TTB is decreasing
the number of respondents, responses, and burden hours associated with
this collection.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; Individuals or
households; and Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Annual Burden
<bullet> Number of Respondents: 6,500.
<bullet> Average Responses per Respondent: 1 (one).
<bullet> Number of Responses: 6,500.
<bullet> Average per-Response Burden: 25 minutes.
<bullet> Total Burden: 2,708 hours.
OMB Control No. 1513-0140
Title: Voluntary Chemist Certification Program Applications,
Notices, and Records.
Abstract: TTB offers the Chemist Certification Program as a service
to the alcohol beverage industry to facilitate export of beverage
alcohol to foreign markets. Many countries that require testing as a
condition of entry for alcohol beverages accept a report of analysis of
those alcohol beverages from a TTB-certified chemist. This
certification program ensures that chemists, enologists, brewers, and
technicians generate quality data and have the required proficiencies
to conduct the required chemical analyses. This information collection
includes the application, notice, and recordkeeping requirements
associated with the TTB voluntary chemist certification program,
including letterhead applications for certification, submission of
certification test results, requests for TTB-affirmed reports of
analysis, and notices of changes in chemist employment place or status.
Under this program, certified chemists and their laboratories must also
maintain usual and customary records regarding all analytical results
conducted under the TTB certification, and records related to
laboratory equipment, quality control policies, procedures and systems,
and analyst training and competence.
Current Actions: There are no program changes or adjustments
associated with this information collection, and TTB is submitting it
for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Annual Burden
<bullet> Number of Respondents: 310.
<bullet> Average Responses per Respondent: 1 (one).
<bullet> Number of Responses: 310.
<bullet> Average per-Response Burden: 1.33 hours.
<bullet> Total Burden: 412 hours.
Dated: November 12, 2021.
Amy R. Greenberg,
Director, Regulations and Rulings Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-25090 Filed 11-15-21; 8:45 am]
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