[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 27, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 27CFR194.72] [Page 1237] TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PART 194--LIQUOR DEALERS--Table of Contents Subpart F--Each Business Taxable Sec. 194.72 Dealer in beer and dealer in liquors at the same location. (a) Rule in effect prior to January 1, 1988. Any person who was required to pay special tax as a wholesale or retail dealer in beer, who entered business as such, and who thereafter, in the same or a subsequent month prior to January 1, 1988, began to sell distilled spirits or wine shall, in addition, pay the special tax as a wholesale or retail dealer in liquors before commencing the sale, or offering for sale, of distilled spirits or wine. (b) Rule in effect on January 1, 1988, and thereafter. Any person who pays special tax as a retail dealer in beer for a period beginning on or after January 1, 1988, (including one who pays such tax under the transition rule of Sec. 194.103(b)) is exempt from additional special tax as a retail dealer in liquors with respect to sales of distilled spirits or wine at the place and during the period for which the tax as a retail dealer in beer was paid. Similarly, any person who pays special tax as a wholesale dealer in beer for a period beginning on or after January 1, 1988, (including one who pays such tax under the transition rule of Sec. 194.103(b)) is exempt from additional special tax as a wholesale dealer in liquors with respect to sales of distilled spirits or wine at the place and during the period for which the tax as a wholesale dealer in beer was paid. (26 U.S.C. 5113, 5143) [T.D. ATF-285, 54 FR 12610, Mar. 28, 1989]