File a brewery's periodic TTB Brewer's Report of Operations and excise tax return via Pay.gov
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Steps
Determine filing frequency: file monthly if the brewery was liable for more than $50,000 in beer excise tax in the preceding calendar year or reasonably expects to exceed that in the current year; otherwise quarterly filing applies.
Self-enroll for a Pay.gov account if you don't already have one — TTB eliminated the requirement to pre-register with TTB before getting a Pay.gov account as of May 4, 2022.
Ensure the person filing has Signing Authority (TTB Form 5100.1) or Power of Attorney (TTB Form 5000.8) on file with TTB, since this is required to submit excise tax returns and reports of operations for the company.
Where eligible, use TTB's simplified combined form that merges the excise tax return and the operational report into a single filing rather than submitting them separately.
Pull production, removal, and inventory figures from your production/inventory system (e.g., Ekos, Breww, Vinsight) accurately before transcribing them into the Pay.gov report, and reconcile the report figures against your internal inventory records before submitting.
Known gotchas
Filing frequency is determined by prior/expected annual excise tax liability, not by production volume directly — a small-volume brewery with high per-barrel tax exposure could still land in the monthly-filing tier, so check the actual dollar threshold rather than assuming size alone determines frequency.
Signing Authority or Power of Attorney must be on file with TTB before a given individual can submit filings on the company's behalf — this is a prerequisite step that's easy to overlook when a new person takes over compliance filing.
TTB form numbers and thresholds are subject to periodic regulatory updates (e.g., Craft Beverage Modernization Act tax simplification provisions); verify current thresholds and form versions directly on ttb.gov before relying on previously cached figures.
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