Application to Establish and Operate Wine Premises, and Wine Bond

The Internal Revenue Code (IRC), at 26 U.S.C. 5351 through 5357, provides for the establishment of bonded wine cellars, bonded wineries, and taxpaid wine bottling houses and, to establish such wine premises, these IRC sections require the filing of applications and bonds as required by regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury. Under those IRC authorities, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has issued TTB F 5120.25, Application to Establish and Operate Wine Premises, to collect information that it uses to determine the qualifications under the IRC of an applicant applying to establish and operate a new wine premises. Proprietors of established wine premises also use TTB F 5120.25 to report changes to certain required information such as location and ownership. Wine premises proprietors use TTB F 5120.36, Wine Bond, to file bond coverage with TTB, unless they are exempt from the bond requirement as described in the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5551(d). The bond may be secured through a surety company, or it may be secured with collateral (Treasury securities or notes or by cash). The required bond protects the revenue by ensuring payment of delinquent Federal wine excise tax liabilities.

The latest form for Application to Establish and Operate Wine Premises, and Wine Bond expires 2027-04-30 and can be found here.

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