ATF NFA Gun Trusts, ATF Information Database and Silencer Blog

No there are no annual reporting fees associated with your NFA Gun Trust.  There aren't any filing fees to create and establish your NFA Gun Trust...

The ATF may encounter an issue releasing your ATF eForm 1 application from the pending research status.  This can happen and the ATF examiner will ...

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Would the payment method having a different name than the applicant be a potential issue for ATF eForm 1 applications?  According to the ATF, this...

When applying for a ATF Form 1 tax stamp using the ATF's eForm website, the ATF will send you a copy of your ATF eForm 1 that indicates that you h...

Your tax stamp will say FMI (Form 1 Registration), but is that what you should indicate on your assignment sheet or schedule?  No, the correct manufacturer of the silencer is your gun trust.  That is what you will use as the manufacturer for your assignment sheet or schedule.

When ordering from Silencer Shop, you have the ability to upload your own gun trust if you don't want to use their Single Shot Gun Trust that is li...

If your manufacturer is an "Unknown Manufacturer" on your ATF eForm 1 application, when you click the verify manufacturer box, you will be prompted...

There is no requirement to notify the NFA of an NFA Firearm that you have destroyed.  The ATF does however advise that you do for the records.  If...

You will need to upload a copy of your gun trust to the ATF's eForm website when applying for a tax stamp using the ATF eForm 1 website.  On Page 6...

No, you don't.  You will only need to engrave the information that is located in box 3b.  This will be the individuals name, gun trusts name, corporations name or other legal entities name, followed by the city and state from box 3b.  

When you apply for a tax stamp using either the ATF Form 1, ATF Form 4 or ATF Form 5, you are required to notify the CLEO (Chief Law Enforcement O...