[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 27, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 27CFR27.31] [Page 717-718] TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PART 27--IMPORTATION OF DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER--Table of Contents Subpart C--Special (Occupational) Taxes Sec. 27.31 Warehouse receipts covering distilled spirits. Since the sale of warehouse receipts for distilled spirits is equivalent to the sale of distilled spirits, every person engaged in business as an importer of distilled spirits, who sells, or offers for sale, warehouse receipts for distilled [[Page 718]] spirits stored in customs bonded warehouses, or elsewhere, incurs liability to special tax as a dealer in liquors at the place where the warehouse receipts are sold or offered for sale, and must file return and pay occupational tax as provided in Sec. 27.30. (68A Stat. 618, 620, 621; 26 U.S.C. 5111, 5112, 5121, 5122)