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FFL Types
Our kit is the ONLY one that covers ALL types below. Information is changing quickly on these due to the election, please order your kit soon to be grandfathered with the old regs!
Type 01 is for non-destructive dealers, gunsmiths and pawn shops. It is the foundation of all the others and the most common home/ instructor classroom type.
"Class or Type 3" refers to a firearms dealer who has paid a special tax, called the "Special Occupational Tax" (SOT) to deal in machineguns and other National Firearms Act (NFA) weapons.
Machineguns, Sound suppressors, Short-Barrel Rifles and Shotguns, and Any Other Weapons (AOW) -- such as forward AR broomsticks on pistols, are all regulated and taxed under the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) as amended by Title 2 of the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968. NFA is managed by IRS rather than ATF. These are called III, NFA or AOW by ATF. Semi-auto and all other firearms except large-bore or explosive Destructive Devices are regulated under Title 1 of the Gun Control Act (GCA).
What most people mistakenly call Class 3 is properly referred to as NFA or Title 2 firearms.
A Class 3 SOT dealer is a dealer of NFA firearms A Class 2 SOT manufacturer is a manufacturer of NFA firearms A Class 1 SOT importer is an importer of NFA firearms
Type 1 FFL is a Title 1 dealer or gunsmith Type 2 FFL is a Title 1 dealer doing business as a pawnbroker Type 3 FFL is a licensed collector of Curio & Relic (C&R) firearms Type 6 FFL is a licensed maker of ammunition and reloading components other than Armor Piercing ammunition Type 7 FFL is a Title 1 manufacturer of firearms, ammunition and ammunition components other than NFA, Destructive Devices and Armor Piercing ammunition Type 8 FFL is an importer of Title 1 firearms and ammunition Type 9 FFL is a dealer in Title 1 firearms including NFA destructive devices, but no other NFA Type 10 FFL is a manufacturer of Title 1 firearms, ammunition and ammunition components, including NFA Destructive Devices but no other NFA, and not including Armor Piercing ammunition Type 11 FFL is an importer of Title 1 firearms, ammunition and NFA Destructive Devices, but no other NFA
To get a Class 3 SOT status, you need a dealer or manufacturer FFL which includes Type 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 - and pay a yearly $500 tax due every July 1st.
To get a Class 2 SOT status, you need a manufacturer FFL, which includes Type 7, 10 - and pay a yearly $1000 or $500 (reduced rate for small manufacturers) tax due every July 1st.
To get a Class 1 SOT status, you need an importer FFL, which includes Type 8, 11- and pay a yearly $1000 or $500 (reduced rate for small importers) tax due every July 1st.
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