(a) Bottling and packaging. A proprietor must maintain daily transaction records and a daily summary record of the quantity of finished products bottled or packaged within the processing account at the distilled spirits plant. These records must show:
- (1) The beginning and ending quantity of bottled or packaged spirits on hand;
- (2) The quantity of spirits bottled or packaged; and
- (3) Inventory overages.
(b) Disposition of finished products. A proprietor must also maintain daily records of the disposition of finished products from the processing account at the distilled spirits plant. These disposition records must show any spirits:
- (1) Transferred in bond (packages);
- (2) Withdrawn tax determined;
- (3) Withdrawn free of tax for U.S., hospital, scientific, or educational use;
- (4) Withdrawn without payment of tax for addition to wine;
- (5) Withdrawn for exportation, for vessels and aircraft supplies and for transfer to a customs bonded warehouse;
- (6) Transferred to the production account for redistillation;
- (7) Withdrawn for research, development or testing (including government samples);
- (8) Voluntarily destroyed;
- (9) Dumped for further processing;
- (10) Recorded losses or shortages of finished product; and
(11) Disposed of as samples of the finished product.
(26 U.S.C. 5207)
[T.D. TTB-92, 76 FR 9090, Feb. 16, 2011, as amended by T.D. TTB-119, 79 FR 17033, Mar. 27, 2014]