27 CFR § 479.68 - Qualified manufacturer.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s479.68"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 479.68 - Qualified manufacturer."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "479.68"
section_name: "Qualified manufacturer."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION"
part_number: "479"
part_name: "MACHINE GUNS, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND CERTAIN OTHER FIREARMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "26 U.S.C. 5812; 26 U.S.C. 5822; 26 U.S.C. 7801; 26 U.S.C. 7805."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 14256, Aug. 3, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and further redesignated by T.D. ATF-487, 68 FR 3752, Jan. 24, 2003."
cfr_part: "479"
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# 479.68 Qualified manufacturer.

A manufacturer qualified under this part to engage in such business may make firearms without payment of the making tax. However, such manufacturer shall report and register each firearm made in the manner prescribed by this part.

[36 FR 14256, Aug. 3, 1971. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and amended by T.D. ATF-271, 53 FR 17551, May 17, 1988]