If you filed as an individual for your tax stamp with the ATF, you must be in possession of the suppressor at all times. Your buddy can use it, but you have to be present. If you filed as a trust, you would have to have your buddy listed as part of the trust to be able to take your suppressor and use it.

Yes, the ATF requires you to have a separate tax stamp for every suppressor you own, regardless of what kind it is. If you set up a trust for your suppressor, each suppressor is covered under a separate trust and the trust owns the tax stamp, too.

No, you do not need to notify the ATF if you decide to relocate. They don’t track that information.

It is a good idea to carry a copy of your tax stamp with you when you are away from your home with your suppressor. You don’t necessarily have to have the original but having a copy can save you a lot of headaches should you get checked.

Yes, you can add any silencer to a trust after you buy it by filing as an individual. Just keep in mind a few things. You will need to have legal help is setting up the new trust and adding in the silencer. There will likely be fees involved, but we can’t predict what those will be. There is also the issue of a tax stamp. If you transfer your silencer to a trust, you will need to buy a new tax stamp for it under the trust, according to the ATF.

It is possible that filing as an individual will take less time for approval than a trust. However, the approval times have been speeding up greatly as of late, and the difference in approval times between a trust and an individual filing have been getting much closer to each other.