Home.Tutorials and Job Aids

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

TTB.gov Tutorials and Job Aids

Tutorials and Job Aids | Virtual Seminars and Online Training |
Help Hints and Tips

TTB knows its online resources can help you best if you know how to use them. That’s why we’ve provided numerous tutorials and job aids that will show you how to get the most out of these applications, and access TTB’s plentiful information and services.

Tutorials and Job Aids

  • NewGunsmith Information Packet - This packet provides detailed information on gunsmith activities and how FAET liability may pertain to these activities.
  • NewHow to Prepare an American Viticultural Area (AVA) Petition - The AVA Manual includes guidance on how to prepare a petition and evaluate information on distinguishing features. TTB encourages petitioners to review the manual before drafting or submitting a petition.  We also maintain  a list of established AVAs, as well as a listing of AVA petitions that have been accepted as perfected, but for which a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking has yet to publish.
  • Get Started in a TTB-Regulated Business - TTB’s interactive tutorial gives you an easy-to-understand overview of the steps involved in starting a new business that will be regulated by TTB.
  • Common Compliance Issues in a TTB Bonded Wine Premises (BWP) Audit - This interactive tutorial gives you details about the common issues, discusses how you can avoid problems and links you to the applicable TTB regulation (CFR) and the necessary TTB forms.
  • Common Compliance and Tax Issues in a TTB Distilled Spirits Plant - This tutorial details common tax and compliance issues associated with distilled spirits production and discusses how to avoid them. Links to the applicable TTB regulations in Chapter I of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), TTB forms, and other helpful resources are provided. (updated Dec. 21, 2011)
  • Common Compliance Issues in a TTB Brewery Audit Tutorial - This interactive tutorial gives you details on the common compliance and tax issues found during brewery audits, discusses how you can avoid problems, and provides links to applicable TTB regulations (CFR), necessary TTB forms, and other useful resources.
  • Forms Step-by-step Instructions- There’s no need to go it alone when filling out in-depth forms. TTB’s form tutorials guide you through the various fields, explain requested information, and calculate commonly-used formulas to take the worry out of reporting. Get online assistance for these more complex forms:
    • 5110.11 - Monthly Report of Storage Operations
    • 5110.28 - Monthly Report of Processing Operations
    • 5110.40 - Monthly Report of Production Operations
    • 5110.43 - Monthly Report of Processing (Denaturing) Operations
    • 5120.17 - Report of Wine Premises Operation
    • 5130.9 - Brewer’s Report of Operations
    • 5620.8b - Claim -- Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Taxes
  • TTB Smart Form User Guide - Description of the functionality and a step by step guide for completing smart form TTB F 5000.24sm - Excise Tax Form. The smart form capabilities include calculations, mandatory field prompts, and prevention of incorrect entries.
  • Drawback Tutorial -This step-by-step guide demonstrates a more effective way to complete TTB Form 5154.1. Guidelines for submissions of nonbeverage product formulas to the TTB Laboratory and sample calculations for items 9 & 10 are provided for the most common types of submissions.
  • Get It Done Online - Why get bogged down with forms and paperwork, when you can complete your transactions online and get instant feedback. Take advantage of these efficient and secure online options:
  • Search TTB.gov - If you’ve ever felt like you need to search for information about how to search, TTB’s here to help! Our built-in TTB.gov search guide offers handy information about methods for locating specific content and explains the different ways you can move around within the site. Get Search and Navigation Help.
  • Formula Approval Tool - Don’t be confused about which beer, wine, and distilled spirit products require formula approval for a Certificate of Label Approval. This tool that will make that determination for you in just seconds!
  • TTB Wine Seminar Handout Packet - Taken directly from the 2010 TTB Wine Seminars, this packet contains helpful information on topics such as TTB wine regulations, alternating premises and proprietorships, home winemaker centers, recordkeeping and reporting, labeling and taxes. Save this seminar handout packet to your desktop for a handy reference guide on wine industry compliance issues.
  • Quick Reference Guide to Wine Excise Tax - This guide is intended to be a brief overview of the basic requirements for the proper computation and filing of wine excise tax.

Virtual Seminars and Online Training

  • Wine Online Seminar - Need first-hand, in-depth knowledge of wine industry operations without traveling to a seminar? It’s a reality, and with TTB’s online Wine Industry Seminar, you can also learn its valuable information at your own pace, on your own schedule!

Helpful Hints and Tips

Let TTB make things simpler for you with quick tips and helpful hints in completing common tasks or reporting required information.

Page last reviewed/updated: 02/11/2013

TTB
No FEAR Act | Disaster Relief | Treas.gov | Inspector General | White House | Recovery.gov |
USA.gov | USA Freedom Corps | Webmaster