Category Archives: ATF

The VSP has clarified the machine gun registration issue

Last week I wrote about a recent Attorney General’s opinion which stated that machine guns could not be registered to trusts in Virginia. At the end of that article, I noted that I was waiting for a callback from both the Virginia … Continue reading

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May I abbreviate my trust name when I engrave an SBR?

Recently a client called me to ask if he could abbreviate his trust name when he engraved an SBR. As one might expect in the Google age, prior to calling me he had searched on the internet and, based upon … Continue reading

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Will my beneficiaries have to pay a transfer tax when my NFA trust distributes my assets?

The short answer is “No. At least not currently.”  But that qualifier is an important part of the answer. Currently the ATF allows transfers of NFA items to devisees, heirs, or specified beneficiaries to be tax-free via a Form 5. The … Continue reading

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We have an update on the ATF’s proposed NFA trust rule changes

Last week, the board of the American Silencer Association (ASA) met with the NFA branch to get an update on the status of the proposed rule change regarding the use of trusts to acquire NFA items. As you may recall, the … Continue reading

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Can I change the name of my NFA trust?

Recently I was contacted by a client who had, in years past, used a software package to make his own NFA trust. He had successfully registered several suppressors using the trust but had run into trouble when he decided that … Continue reading

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