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Frequently Asked Questions at TTB
Welcome to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's frequently asked questions page. These questions are frequently asked by industry members and citizens like you.
We make every attempt to update the answers to these questions to reflect the latest changes in our regulations and other Federal requirements. To comment on this page or to suggest a question, please send your e-mail to TTB Webmaster or visit the Contact Us page for more information.
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Frequently Asked Questions by Category
- Alcohol Beverages Containing Added Caffeine
- Beer
- Business Operations
- Distilled Spirits
- Export Certificate Program
- Flavored Malt Beverages
- Fuel Alcohol
- General
- Kombucha
- Organic Alcohol
- Special Occupational Tax (SOT)
- Wine
- Ammunition Reloaders
- Background
- Claims
- Gunsmiths
- Employer Identification Number
- Importers
- Forms
- Manufacturers and Producers
- Sales
- Small Manufacturers Exemptions
- Tax Rates and Statistics
- Taxes
Advertising, Labeling, and Formulation
- Beverage Alcohol Samples
- COLAs Online
- COLAs Retention Requirements for Wholesalers
- Importing Samples for Trade Shows and/or for Soliciting Orders
- Tobacco General
- Special Occupational Tax (SOT)
- Floor Stocks Tax
- "Roll-your-own cigarette machines" and other tobacco product machines used by consumers
Frequently Asked Questions by Keywords and phrases
- 50 gun exemption
- added caffeine
- advertising tobacco
- alcohol bottles and containers
- alcohol effects
- alcohol production for personal use
- alcohol proof
- approval process for organic labeling
- approved grape names
- approved label
- approved viticultural areas
- ammunition reloaders tax
- barrel equivalent
- beer base formula
- beer making
- beer operations approval
- beer regulations and forms
- "bidi" cigarettes
- bioengineered foods
- bioengineered ingredients
- bonded wine premises
- brand names
- brew-on premises
- brewer's formula requirements
- brewer's notice
- brewery application fee
- caffeinated alcohol beverages
- caloric and carbohydrate information on labels
- cigarette-making machines in retail establishments
- cigarette sales
- cigarette sales online
- cigarette sales to minors
- cocktail names
- COLAs Online general
- COLAs Online registration
- COLAs Online technical requirements
- COLAs Online user profile
- company names in Pay.gov
- complimentary cigarettes
- compounded flavor
- contacts
- conversion of spirits to metric sizes
- conversion of wine to metric sizes
- cuban cigars
- custom crush
- customized/personalized labels
- disapproved formula
- disaster recovery
- disclosure of company names
- determining formula approval
- drawback claims
- electronic Funds Transfer
- electronic labeling approval
- employer Identification Number usage
- employer Identification Number changes
- etched or acetate label
- exemption from formula
- export documentation procedures
- export certificates
- FAET background
- FAET claim
- FAET credit
- FAET liability
- federal excise tax
- fermented apple cider
- fermented products
- fermented products without formula approval
- filing separate formulas
- firearms sales price
- flavored malt beverage labels
- flavored malt beverages requirements
- flavors containing alcohol
- floor stocks tax
- FOIA processing delays
- FOIA records location
- FOIA request
- food allergens
- formula and process for domestic and imported alcohol beverages
- formula approval
- formula effective date
- formula for specially denatured alcohol
- formula requirements
- freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
- informal or preliminary comments
- Internet address on label
- Internet sale of alcohol products
- Internet sale of tobacco products
- label application fee
- label attachments
- label change for non-National Organic Program ingredients
- labeling approval prerequisite
- labeling approval turnaround time
- labeling provisions
- laboratory address in Maryland
- laboratory analysis requirements
- nano brewery
- national Organic Program product compliance
- national Organic Program regulations
- new formula
- nonbeverage alcohol products
- non-National Organic Program compliant
- non-payment of tax for home produced alcohol
- non-payment of taxes for industrial use alcohol
- non-traditional brewing process
- nutritional value
- online labeling approval
- organic certificate
- organic ingredient statements
- organic labeling new expiration date
- organic products labeling
- other formula requirements
- other tobacco laws and regulations
- personalization
- pre-import analysis
- pre-import analysis requirements
- pay.gov accepted submission
- pay.gov "fermenter" field
- pay.gov quarterly filing
- pay.gov receipt of payment
- pay.gov user agreement amendments
- pay.gov user ID
- privacy Act
- privacy Act request
- records on family members and others
- retail beverage alcohol dealers
- regulation changes
- reporting illegal activities
- request for determination of process
- sake imports
- sample size for analysis
- samples without commercial labels
- school projects for alcohol production
- science fair projects
- selling and manufacturing stills
- selling tax exempt cigarettes
- serving alcohol beverages
- sharing bonded wine premises
- shipping alcohol
- single cigarettes
- small domestic wine producers
- special Occupational Tax (SOT)
- special Occupational Tax requirement
- specially denatured alcohol usage
- statement of process
- statement of process for brewers
- starting an alcohol business
- starting a tobacco business
- state excise tax
- state labeling laws
- status of label of approval
- status of pre-import sample
- status of specially denatured alcohol formula
- submitting organic certificate of label approval
- superseding formula
- surety companies
- surgeon General's warning
- tax on wine
- third-party representation
- tobacco health effects
- tobacco imports
- tobacco laws and regulations
- tobacco products
- tobacco products for personal use
- tobacco regulations changes
- trademark
- traditional brewing processw
- translating documents into English
- transitional rule for processed tobacco
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