§ 31.184 - Proprietors of breweries selling beer stored at their breweries.

(a) Exemption of proprietor. No proprietor of a brewery shall be required to pay special tax (or to register during the suspension period described in § 31.21(b)) as a wholesale or retail dealer in beer on account of the sale at his principal business office as designated in writing to the appropriate TTB officer, or at his brewery, of beer which, at the time of sale, is stored at his brewery, or had been removed from such brewery to a taxpaid storeroom the operations of which are integrated with the operations of such brewery and which is contiguous or adjacent to, or in the immediate vicinity of, such brewery. However, no such proprietor shall have more than one place of sale, as to each brewery, that shall be exempt from special tax or registration under this section.

(b) Place of exemption. Unless the exemption is claimed elsewhere, it will be presumed that the exemption is claimed at the brewery where the beer is stored. If the proprietor wishes to be exempt from special tax (or from registration during the suspension period described in § 31.21(b)) with respect to sales at his principal office rather than for sales at his brewery, he shall notify the appropriate TTB officer of his intention. Such notice shall be in writing, on letter size paper and shall be submitted in triplicate. On approval, two copies will be returned to the proprietor, one to be filed at the principal office, and the original will be retained by the appropriate TTB officer. Where the exemption is claimed for a place other than the brewery, special tax shall be paid (or registration shall be completed during the suspension period described in § 31.21(b)) at the brewery if sales are made thereat.

(c) Exception. Where the proprietor of a brewery consummates sales of beer to dealers at the purchasers' places of business (through delivery route salesmen or otherwise), such proprietor is required to pay special tax (or to register during the suspension period described in § 31.21(b)) as a wholesale dealer in beer at each place from which he conducts such selling operations.