Application and Permit to Ship Liquors and Articles of Puerto Rican Manufacture Taxpaid to the United States

The Internal Revenue Code (IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 7652 provides that products of Puerto Rican manufacture shipped to the United States and withdrawn for consumption or sale are subject to a tax equal to the internal revenue tax imposed on like products manufactured in the United States, and that the taxes collected on such products are to be covered (transferred) to the Treasury of Puerto Rico. Under the TTB regulations in 27 CFR part 26, applicants use form TTB F 5170.7 to apply for, and to document, the shipment of tax-paid or tax-determined Puerto Rican spirits to the United States. The form documents the specific spirits and articles to be shipped, the amounts shipped and received, and the amount of tax, and it identifies the consignor in Puerto Rico and consignee in the United States. TTB uses the information to verify the accuracy of prepayments of excise tax and semimonthly payments of deferred excise taxes, and to maintain an account of revenue to be transferred into the Treasury of Puerto Rico. The collected information is necessary to protect the revenue and ensure that the IRC provisions regarding distilled spirits produced in and shipped from Puerto Rico are appropriately applied, particularly the statutory obligation to transfer the majority of the collected tax to the Treasury of Puerto Rico.

The latest form for Application and Permit to Ship Liquors and Articles of Puerto Rican Manufacture Taxpaid to the United States expires 2028-05-31 and can be found here.