[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: 27CFR44.32]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 44--EXPORTATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES, WITHOUT PAYMENT OF TAX, OR WITH DRAWBACK OF TAX--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart Ba--Special (Occupational) Taxes
 
Sec. 44.32  Rate of special tax.

    (a) General. Title 26 U.S.C. 5731(a)(3) imposes a special tax of 
$1,000 per year on every export warehouse proprietor.
    (b) Reduced rate for small proprietors. Title 26 U.S.C. 5731(b) 
provides for a reduced rate of $500 per year with respect to any export 
warehouse proprietor whose gross receipts (for the most recent taxable 
year ending before the first day of the taxable period to which the 
special tax imposed by Sec. 44.31 relates) are less than $500,000. The 
``taxable year'' to be used for determining gross receipts is the 
taxpayer's income tax year. All gross receipts of the taxpayer shall be 
included, not just the gross receipts of the business subject to special 
tax. Proprietors of new businesses that have not yet begun a taxable 
year, as well as proprietors of existing businesses that have not yet 
ended a taxable year, who commence a new activity subject to special 
tax, qualify for the reduced special (occupational) tax rate, unless the 
business is a member of a ``controlled group''; in that case, the rules 
of paragraph (c) of this section shall apply.
    (c) Controlled group. All persons treated as one taxpayer under 26 
U.S.C. 5061(e)(3) shall be treated as one taxpayer for the purpose of 
determining gross receipts under paragraph (b) of this section. 
``Controlled group'' means a controlled group of corporations, as 
defined in 26 U.S.C. 1563 and implementing regulations in 26 CFR 1.1563-
1 through 1.1563-4, except that the words ``at least 80 percent'' shall 
be replaced by the words ``more than 50 percent'' in each place they 
appear in subsection (a) of 26 U.S.C. 1563, as well as in the 
implementing regulations. Also, the rules for a ``controlled group of 
corporations'' apply in a similar fashion to groups which include 
partnerships and/or sole proprietorships. If one entity maintains more 
than 50% control over a group consisting of corporations and one, or 
more, partnerships and/or sole proprietorships, all of the members of 
the controlled group are one taxpayer for the purpose of this section.
    (d) Short taxable year. Gross receipts for any taxable year of less 
than 12 months shall be annualized by multiplying the gross receipts for 
the short period by 12 and dividing the result by the number of months 
in the short period as required by 26 U.S.C. 448(c)(3).
    (e) Returns and allowances. Gross receipts for any taxable year 
shall be reduced by returns and allowances made during such year under 
26 U.S.C. 448(c)(3).

(26 U.S.C. 448, 5061, 5731)