Under 26 U.S.C. 5367, 5369, 5370, and 5555, TTB regulations require wineries, taxpaid wine bottling houses, and vinegar plants to keep usual and customary business records relating to wine, including purchase invoices, sales invoices, and internal records, in order to document the flow of ingredients and materials through fermenting, processing, packaging, storing and shipping operations. TTB routinely inspects these records to ensure the proper payment of Federal wine excise taxes by these businesses. (See the attached "Non-substantive Change Statement" regarding the terms of clearance issued for this collection.)
The current approval for this information collection will expire on 12/31/2016. However, this collection is involved with an ongoing rulemaking that recently closed for comment (see Notice No. 160, 06/22/2016, 81 FR 40584, and Notice No. 160A, 09/08/2016, 81 FR 62046), and TTB is currently considering several requests to reopen the comment period for this rulemaking. Given these circumstances, approval for this information collection will expire before the related rulemaking is complete. Therefore, we are requesting that current approval of this information collection be extended for an additional six months in order to allow TTB time to seek regular approval for this collection as part of the related rulemaking project.
US Code:
26 USC 5555
Name of Law: Internal Revenue Ciode
US Code:
26 USC 5367
Name of Law: Internal Revenue Code
US Code:
26 USC 5362
Name of Law: Internal Revenue Code
US Code:
26 USC 5369
Name of Law: Internal Revenue Code
US Code:
26 USC 5370
Name of Law: Internal Revenue Code
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.