[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 27, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2008] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 27CFR31] [Page 878-879] TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PART 31_ALCOHOL BEVERAGE DEALERS--Table of Contents Subpart H_Payment of Special Tax Sec. 31.104 Time for filing return. Every person who intends to engage in a business subject to special tax under the provisions of this part shall, on or before the date such business is commenced, file a special tax return, Form 5630.5, with payment of applicable tax; and every taxpayer who continues into a new tax year a business subject to special tax under the provisions of this part shall file a Form 5630.5 with applicable tax on or before July 1 of the new tax year. A taxpayer subject to special tax (or required to register during the suspension period described in Sec. 31.21(b)) for the same period at two or more locations shall file one special tax return, Form 5630.5, prepared as provided in Sec. 31.106, with payment of applicable tax to cover all such locations. If the return and applicable tax are received in the mail and the U.S. postmark on the cover shows [[Page 879]] that it was deposited in the mail in the United States within the time prescribed for filing in an envelope or other appropriate wrapper which was properly addressed with postage prepaid, the return shall be considered as timely filed. If the postmark is not legible, the sender has the burden of proving the date when the postmark was made. When registered mail is used the date of registration shall be accepted as the postmark date. (68A Stat. 732 as amended, 749 as amended (26 U.S.C. 6011, 6071); sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1346 as amended (26 U.S.C. 5142)) [T.D. ATF-70, 45 FR 33979, May 21, 1980, as amended by T.D. ATF-251, 52 FR 19335, May 22, 1987. Redesignated and amended by T.D. TTB-25, 70 FR 19884, Apr. 15, 2005; T.D. TTB-36, 70 FR 62251, Oct. 31, 2005]