[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR275.40]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                          TREASURY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 275--IMPORTATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart D--Taxes
 
Sec. 275.40  Persons liable for tax.

    The importer of tobacco products or cigarette papers and tubes will 
be liable for the internal revenue taxes imposed thereon by 26 U.S.C. 
5701 or 7652: Provided, That tobacco products or cigarette papers or 
tubes (other than those previously exported and returned) imported or 
brought into the United States, may be released from

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customs custody without payment of tax, for delivery to the proprietor 
of an export warehouse, to a manufacturer of tobacco products, or to a 
manufacturer of cigarette papers or tubes (except for tobacco products), 
if such articles are not put up in packages (see Sec. 275.11). Under 
these circumstances the transferee will become liable for the internal 
revenue tax on such articles upon release from customs custody and the 
importer will thereupon be relieved of the liability for such tax. If 
the transferee is also the importer, then the importer will not be 
relieved of the liability for such tax.

(Aug. 16, 1954, Chapter 736, 68A Stat. 907, as amended (26 U.S.C. 7652); 
sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, Stat. 1417, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5703))

[T.D. ATF-422, 64 FR 71948, Dec. 22, 1999]