TITLE 27 - ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS

CHAPTER I - ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

SUBCHAPTER A - LIQUORS

PART 31 - ALCOHOL BEVERAGE DEALERS

subpart o - PRESCRIBED RECORDS AND REPORTS, AND POSTING OF SIGNS

31.233 - Requirements when a wholesale dealer in liquors maintains a retail department.

  (a) When a wholesale dealer in liquors maintains a separate department on the premises for the retailing of distilled spirits, and the retail sales of distilled spirits normally represent 90 percent or more of the volume of distilled spirits sold, the dealer may constructively receive all distilled spirits in the retail department. Sales involving a wholesale transaction may be constructively sold through the wholesale department.

  (1) Receipts. In lieu of maintaining and preparing the records required by 31.225 and 31.226, a wholesale dealer may constructively receive all distilled spirits in its retail department. In this case, the receiving document will serve as a receipt for (through) the wholesale department and a disposition (transfer) to the retail department. The receiving document will be maintained by the retail department, as required by 31.234.

  (2) Dispositions. In lieu of the records required by 31.226, a wholesale dealer may constructively sell distilled spirits from its retail department to other dealers. The sales invoice or bill will be filed in the wholesaler's disposition records and will serve as a record of receipt from the retail department and a record of disposition to another dealer.

  (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a) of this section, a wholesale dealer shall prepare and maintain the required records of receipt and disposition as prescribed in 31.225 and 31.226. Transfers between the wholesale and retail departments will be treated in the same manner as any other transaction involving the wholesale department.

  (c) When required by 31.230, a wholesale dealer shall prepare and file the monthly summary report of actual or constructive receipts and dispositions of all distilled spirits.

  (d) Wholesale and retail departments need not be physically separated.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85859, 72 Stat. 1342, as amended, 1345, as amended, 1395, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5114, 5124, 5555)) [T.D. ATF116, 47 FR 51572, Nov. 16, 1982. Redesignated by T.D. TTB25, 70 FR 19884, Apr. 15, 2005]