[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: 27CFR27.43]

[Page 719-720]
 
            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 D--Tax On Imported Distilled Spirits, Wines, and Beer
 
Sec. 27.43  Liqueurs, cordials, and similar compounds.

    A tax is imposed by 26 U.S.C. 5001 on all liqueurs, cordials, and 
similar compounds, containing distilled spirits, in a customs bonded 
warehouse or imported into the United States at the rate prescribed in 
such section on each proof gallon, and a proportionate tax at a like 
rate on all fractional parts of such proof gallon. The tax shall be 
determined at the time of importation, or, if entered into bond, at the 
time of withdrawal therefrom. Fortified or unfortified wines, containing 
not over 24 percent alcohol by volume, to which

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sweetening or flavoring materials, but no distilled spirits, have been 
added are not classified as liqueurs, cordials, or similar compounds, 
but are considered to be flavored wines only and are subject to internal 
revenue tax at the rates applicable to wines.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1314, as amended, 1331, as amended 
(26 U.S.C. 5001, 5041))

[T.D. ATF-62, 44 FR 71718, Dec. 11, 1979]