SC - Its All Geography (Was: Carne con chile)

Thu Apr 22 11:21:26 PDT 1999

Damon,
I am sorry, but you are mistaken.
The Code of Federal Regulations clearly states that ALL spirits produced by distillation are considered to be owing taxes FROM THE MOMENT THEY COME INTO EXISTENCE.  
There are no exceptions in the code.
As for buying tax stamps, 27CFR19 clearly spells out what constitutes a legal facility for the proiduction of spirits by distillation.
If your still, whose products you are buying tax stamps for, do not meet those specifications, you are inviolation of federal regulations, and subject to prosecution.
If you have a still, you are supposed, according to the regulations, to immediately allow the ATF to inspect and certify the facility AT ANY TIME they choose to visit. 
Any attempt to hide, dismantle or change the still is a violation of the law.
Period. no exceptions.
Don't forget, that these regulations are the very same that got Al Capone. 
They are real and may be vigorously enforced at any time.  
Just because some local ATF office may look the other way, does not mean they will continue to do so, or that any other branch will look the other way, too. 

Just because someone you know is not CAUGHT and PROSECUTED distilling alcoholic beverages, does not make it LEGAL 

If you do not produce alcohol in your still, you are not subject to these laws, so essential oil stills, as long as they are not used with an alcoholic mash, are perfectly legal. 

brandu

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Jeff Gedney
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Voice Recognition Technologies
Dictaphone, USA
Mailto:JGedney at Dictaphone.com

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