[Federal Register: July 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 139)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request
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 September 19,
2005.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments to Mary A. Wood, Alcohol and Tobacco
Tax and Trade Bureau, at any of these addresses:
P.O. Box 14412, Washington, DC 20044-4412;
202-927-8525 (facsimile); or
formcomments@ttb.gov (e-mail).
Please send separate comments for each specific information
collection listed below. You must reference the information
collection's title, form number, and OMB number (if any) in your
comment. If you submit your comment via facsimile, send no more than
five 8.5 x 11 inch pages in order to ensure electronic access to our
equipment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain additional information,
copies of the information collection and its instructions, or copies of
any comments received, contact Mary A. Wood, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
and Trade Bureau, P.O. Box 14412, Washington, DC 20044-4412; or
telephone 202-927-8210.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
The Department of the Treasury and its Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau, as part of their 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 listed below in this notice, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Comments submitted in response to this notice 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 not do include
any confidential or inappropriate material in your comments.
We invite comments on: (a) Whether this 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.
Information Collections Open for Comment
Currently, we are seeking comments on the following forms:
Title: Personnel Questionnaire--Alcohol and Tobacco Products.
OMB Number: 1513-0002.
TTB Form Number: 5000.9.
Abstract: The information listed on TTB F 5000.9, Personnel
Questionnaire, enables TTB to determine whether or not an applicant for
an alcohol or tobacco permit meets the minimum qualifications. The form
identifies the individual, residence, business background, financial
sources for the business, and criminal record. If the applicant is
found not to be qualified, the permit may be denied.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,000.
Title: Application and Permit to Ship Liquors and Articles of
Puerto Rican Manufacture Taxpaid.
OMB Number: 1513-0008.
TTB Form Number: 5170.7.
Abstract: TTB F 5170.7 is used to document the shipment of taxpaid
Puerto Rican articles into the U.S. The form is verified by Puerto
Rican and U.S. Treasury officials to certify that products are either
taxpaid or deferred under appropriate bond. This serves as a method of
protection of the revenue.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 100.
Title: Application for Certification/Exemption of Label/Bottle
Approval.
OMB Number: 1513-0020.
TTB Form Number: 5100.31.
Abstract: The Federal Alcohol Administration Act (the FAA Act, 27
U.S.C. 201 et seq.) requires that alcohol beverage labels provide the
consumer with adequate information regarding a product's identity and
prohibits the use of misleading information on such labels. The FAA Act
also authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations to
carry out its provisions. To ensure compliance with the FAA Act and the
related regulations, industry members complete this form as an
application to label their products.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,982.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 41,238.
Title: Report--Proprietor of Export Warehouse.
OMB Number: 1513-0024.
TTB Form Number: 5220.4.
Abstract: Proprietors who are qualified to operate export
warehouses that handle untaxpaid tobacco products are required to file
a monthly report. This report summarizes all transactions by the
proprietor handling receipts, dispositions, and on-hand quantities. TTB
F 5220.4 is used for product accountability and is examined by TTB
National Revenue Center personnel.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 123.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,181.
Title: Claim for Drawback of Tax on Cigars, Cigarettes, Cigarette
Papers and Tubes.
OMB Number: 1513-0026.
TTB Form Number: 5620.7.
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Abstract: TTB F 5620.7 documents that cigars, cigarettes, cigarette
papers and tubes were shipped to a foreign country, Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, or a possession of the United States and that the tax
has been paid on these tobacco articles. TTB F 5620.7 is the claim form
that a person who paid the tax on the articles uses to file for a
drawback or refund for the tax that was paid.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 288.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 144.
Title: Report--Manufacturer of Tobacco Products or Cigarette Papers
and Tubes.
OMB Number: 1513-0033.
TTB Form Number: 5210.5.
Abstract: TTB F 5210.5 documents a tobacco products manufacturer's
accounting of cigars and cigarettes. The form describes the tobacco
products manufactured, articles produced, received, disposed of, and
statistical classes of large cigars. TTB examines and verifies entries
on these reports so as to identify unusual activities, errors, and
omissions.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business and other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 150.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,800.
Title: Inventory--Export Warehouse Proprietor.
OMB Number: 1513-0035.
TTB Form Number: 5220.3.
Abstract: TTB F 5220.3 is used by export warehouse proprietors to
record inventories that are required by laws and regulations. The form
provides a uniform format for recording inventories and establishes a
contingent tax liability on tobacco products.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business and other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50.
Title: Withdrawal of Spirits, Specially Denatured Spirits, or Wines
for Exportation.
OMB Number: 1513-0037.
TTB Form Number: 5100.11.
Abstract: TTB Form 5100.11 is completed by exporters to report the
withdrawal of spirits, denatured spirits, and wines from internal
revenue bonded premises, without payment of tax for direct exportation,
transfer to a foreign trade zone, customs manufacturer's bonded
warehouse or customs bonded warehouse or for use as supplies on vessels
or aircraft.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 300.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,000.
Title: Application for Operating Permit Under 26 U.S.C. 5171(d).
OMB Number: 1513-0040.
TTB Form Number: 5110.25.
Abstract: TTB F 5110.25 is completed by proprietors of distilled
spirits plants who engage in certain specified types of activities. TTB
personnel use the information on the form to identify the applicant,
the location of the business, and the types of activities to be
conducted.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business and other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 80.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 20.
Title: Drawback on Distilled Spirits Exported.
OMB Number: 1513-0042.
TTB Form Number: 5110.30.
Abstract: The information collected on TTB F 5110.30 provides a
uniform format for determining that taxes have already been paid. The
form details specific operations and accounts for taxable commodities.
Tax liability is established to prevent jeopardy to the revenue derived
from distilled spirits. TTB examines and verifies entries so as to
identify unusual activities, errors, or omissions.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purpose only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business and other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,000.
Title: Application and Permit to Ship Puerto Rican Spirits to the
United States Without Payment of Tax.
OMB Number: 1513-0043.
TTB Form Number: 5110.31.
Abstract: TTB F 5110.31 is used to allow a person to ship spirits
in bulk into the U.S. The form identifies the person in Puerto Rico
from where shipments are to be made, the person in the U.S. receiving
the spirits, amounts of spirits to be shipped, and the bond of the U.S.
person to cover taxes on such spirits.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 450.
Title: Applications for Tobacco Products and for Cigarette Papers
and Tubes.
OMB Number: 1513-0078.
TTB Form Numbers: 5200.3, 5200.16, 5230.4, and 5230.5.
Abstract: The forms are used by tobacco industry members to obtain
and amend permits necessary to engage in business as a manufacturer of
tobacco products, importer of tobacco products, or proprietor of an
export warehouse.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business and other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 630.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,130.
Title: Special Tax Registration and Return Alcohol and Tobacco and
Special Tax Registration and Return National Firearms Act (NFA).
OMB Number: 1513-0112.
TTB Forms Number: 5630.5 and 5630.7.
Abstract: 26 U.S.C. Chapters 51, 52, and 53 authorize the
collection of an occupational tax from persons engaging in certain
alcohol, tobacco, or firearms
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businesses. TTB F 5630.5 and/or TTB F 5630.7 is used to both compute
and report the tax, and as an application for registry as required by
statute. Upon receipt of the tax, a special tax stamp is issued.
Current Actions: TTB F 5630.7 is being dropped from our inventory;
it is now a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
(Justice Department) form (ATF F 5630.7). There are no changes to TTB F
5630.5, and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business and other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 90,700.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 72,778.
Dated: July 14, 2005.
William H. Foster,
Chief, Regulations and Procedures Division.
[FR Doc. 05-14349 Filed 7-20-05; 8:45 am]
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