[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
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[CITE: 27CFR27.136]

[Page 750]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 27_IMPORTATION OF DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER--Table of 
Contents
 
                Subpart I_Importer's Records and Reports
 
Sec. 27.136  Filing.

    (a) All records and reports required by this part will be maintained 
separately, by transaction or reporting date, at the importer's place of 
business. The appropriate ATF officer may, pursuant to an application, 
authorize files, or an individual file, to be maintained at another 
business location under the control of the importer, if the alternative 
location does not cause undue inconvenience to appropriate ATF officers 
desiring to examine the files or delay in the timely submission of 
documents, and are not inconsistent with Customs recordkeeping 
requirements (See 19 CFR part 163).
    (b) If an importer conducts wholesale operations, one legible copy 
of each required record of receipt and disposition shall be filed not 
later than one business day following the date of transaction.
    (c) If an importer conducts only retail operations, they may 
maintain either loose-leaf or book records of the daily receipt of 
liquors which contain all the required information.
    (d) Supporting documents, such as consignors' invoices, delivery 
receipts, bills of lading, etc., or exact copies of the same, may be 
filed in accordance with the importer's regular accounting and 
recordkeeping practices.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1512-0352)

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1342, as amended, 1395, as amended 
(26 U.S.C. 5114, 5555))

[T.D. ATF-116, 47 FR 51573, Nov. 16, 1982, as amended by T.D. ATF-172, 
49 FR 14943, Apr. 16, 1984; T.D. ATF-474, 67 FR 11232, Mar. 13, 2002]