Instructions
Distribution
1. An exemption certificate must be completed for each sale of tax free
Yellow Copy
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Retained by Purchaser (Instrumentality of the Federal
alcoholic beverages to an instrumentality of the federal government.
Government)
White Copy
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Retained by Distributor
2. The exemption certificate must be signed by persons authorized by the
instrumentality of the federal government to purchase the alcoholic
Pink Copy
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To Commissioner of Revenue Services with Distributor’s
beverages.
Monthly Report Form BT-8, Schedule D
3. The exemption certificate may be prepared by the purchaser
(instrumentality of the federal government) and fowarded to the distributor
with its order or by the distributor and forwarded to the purchaser for
certification at the time of the delivery of the alcoholic beverages. In any
event, a completed exemption certificate must be in the hands of the
distributor when the alcoholic beverages leave its possession.
4. Each item appearing on Form BT-8, Schedule D, Alcoholic Beverages
Tax – Tax Free Sales in Connecticut and Sales to Other Licensed
Distributors, indicating a sale to an instrumentality of the federal
government must be supported by an exemption certificate or the item
will be disallowed.
5. Sales to individual members of the federal government for personal
consumption must not be included on this exemption certificate.
6. If you need additional information or assistance, please call the Excise/
Public Services Taxes Subdivision at 860-541-3225, Monday through
Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
According to Conn. Gen. Stat. §12-436(3)(f), any distributor shipping any
alcoholic beverages into any military reservation located within the territorial
boundaries of this state must file with the commissioner a duplicate invoice
showing the quantities of alcoholic beverages shipped and the classification
of the alcoholic beverage within the provisions of this chapter.
BT-21 (Back) Rev. 09/01