[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR53.154]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 53--MANUFACTURERS EXCISE TAXES--FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart L--Refunds and Other Administrative Provisions of Special 
                   Application to Manufacturers Taxes
 
Sec. 53.154  Manner of filing returns.

    (a) Each return on ATF Form 5300.26 shall be filed with ATF, in 
accordance with the instructions on the form.
    (b) When the taxpayer sends the return on ATF Form 5300.26 by U.S. 
Mail, the official postmark of the U.S. Postal Service stamped on the 
cover in which the return was mailed shall be considered the date of 
delivery of the return. When the postmark on the cover is illegible, the 
burden of proving when the postmark was made will be on the taxpayer. 
When the taxpayer sends the return with or without remittance by 
registered mail or by certified mail, the date of registry or the date 
of the postmark on the sender's receipt of certified mail, as the case 
may be, shall be treated as the date of delivery of the return and, if 
accompanied, of the remittance.

[T.D. ATF-308, 56 FR 303, Jan. 3, 1991, as amended by T.D. ATF-330, 57 
FR 40325, Sept. 3, 1992]