TTB Issues Intructions on How to File A Disaster Claim

ATTENTION: RETAILERS, WHOLESALERS, IMPORTERS, EXPORT WAREHOUSE PROPRIETORS, AND MANUFACTURERS OF BEVERAGE ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Businesses may file claims with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) for the payment (refund or allowance of credit) of Federal excise taxes paid on beverage alcohol or tobacco products lost, rendered unmarketable, or condemned by a … Read more

Registration is Now Open for the Fall 2011 WineAmerica Board of Directors and Membership Meeting in

The 2011 WineAmerica Fall Board of Directors and Membership Meeting is rapidly approaching. This year we are very excited to be going to Boise, Idaho. This year’s Fall Meeting is very important. There have been many changes at WineAmerica this year and the future of the organization is now more essential than ever with issues … Read more

Time for Payment of Certain Excise Taxes, and Quarterly Excise Tax Payments for Small Alcohol Excise Taxpayers

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is adopting, as a final rule, regulations contained in a temporary rule pertaining to the semimonthly payments of excise tax on distilled spirits, wine, beer, tobacco products, and cigarette papers and tubes, and pertaining to the quarterly payment of alcohol excise tax by small taxpayers. This … Read more

WineAmerica signs Joint Letter on Alcohol Temperature Expressing

Wine Institute and WineAmerica are requesting assistance from TTB’s Scientific Services Division for the purpose of determining whether TTB regulations and requirements can be modified so that the temperature at which percentage of alcohol by volume is expressed is consistent with the international standard of 20 degrees Celsius. Numerous regulations and a US statute define … Read more