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TTB NEWSLETTER | Weekly News

April 30, 2021

IN THIS ISSUE

Greetings! This week we’re highlighting our label and formula processing times pages, the inflation adjustment for the civil penalties associated with the Alcohol Beverage Labeling Act, and a TTB job opening for a tax auditor.

TTB TIP - UNDERSTANDING THE LABEL AND FORMULA APPLICATION PROCESSING TIMES PAGES

Our Processing Times for Label Applications and Processing Times for Beverage Alcohol Formulas pages are two of the most popular on TTB.gov. If you are wondering how long it might take to get your approvals, use the information on these pages to make a good estimate.

Average Label/Formula Processing Time

The number of days shown are determined by averaging our processing times from the previous two weeks. Because it’s based on past performance it may not be an exact prediction of current or future performance, but it does provide you with an estimate of how long you should plan for in your product timeline.

Your actual processing time is impacted by many things, including staff availability and fluctuations in how many new and corrected applications we receive.

Today We are Processing New Applications Received On…

We generally process applications in the order in which we receive them. How quickly we are able to process the new applications received on a particular day depends on several factors, including how many corrected applications are waiting to be processed, because corrected applications go to the top of the queue above new applications received on the same day.

ABLA CIVIL PENALTY ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION

Today, we published the latest civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment notification, adjusting the maximum penalty for violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act of 1988 (ABLA). Beginning May 1, 2021, the penalty is raised from $21,039 to $21,663, per offense, with each day constituting a separate offense.

The ABLA requires a government health warning statement to appear on all containers of alcoholic beverages sold or distributed in the United States. It also provides that any person who violates the provisions of the ABLA is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000, with each day constituting a separate offense. However, the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended, requires agencies to make periodic cost-of-living adjustments to civil monetary penalties.

For more information, visit our Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act Penalty page at TTB.gov.

TTB CAREER OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for candidates to fill one auditor position in the Tax Audit Division.  Among other things, TTB auditors conduct excise tax audits of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and ammunition industry members.

For more details about this opportunity, view the vacancy announcement: 21-TTB-44-P

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