§ 4182 Exemptions
(a) Machine guns and short barrelled firearms
The tax imposed by section shall not apply to any firearm on which the tax provided by section has been paid. For purposes of the preceding sentence, any firearm described in section shall be deemed to be a firearm on which the tax provided by section has been paid.
(b) Sales to defense department
No firearms, pistols, revolvers, shells, and cartridges purchased with funds appropriated for the military department shall be subject to any tax imposed on the sale or transfer of such articles.
(c) Small manufacturers, etc.
(1) In general
The tax imposed by section shall not apply to any pistol, revolver, or firearm described in such section if manufactured, produced, or imported by a person who manufactures, produces, and imports less than an aggregate of 50 of such articles during the calendar year.
(2) Controlled groups
All persons treated as a single employer for purposes of subsection (a) or (b) of section shall be treated as one person for purposes of paragraph (1).
(d) Records
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 922(b)(5) and 923(g) of title 18, United States Code, no person holding a Federal license under chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, shall be required to record the name, address, or other information about the purchaser of shotgun ammunition, ammunition suitable for use only in rifles generally available in commerce, or component parts for the aforesaid types of ammunition.
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 490; Pub. L. 91–128, § 5, Nov. 26, 1969, 83 Stat. 269; Pub. L. 109–59, title XI, § 11131(a), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1959; Pub. L. 119–21, title VII, § 70436(c), July 4, 2025, 139 Stat. 247.)
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