[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR40.26]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 40_MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES
--Table of Contents
 
                             Subpart C_Taxes
 
Sec. 40.26  Persons liable for tax.

    The manufacturer of tobacco products shall be liable for the taxes 
imposed on tobacco products by 26 U.S.C. 5701: Provided, That when 
tobacco products are transferred in bond pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 5704, to 
the bonded premises of another such manufacturer or an export warehouse 
proprietor, the transferee shall become liable for the tax upon receipt 
by him of such products and the transferor shall thereupon be relieved 
of his liability for the tax. When tobacco products are released in bond 
from customs custody for transfer to the bonded premises of a 
manufacturer of tobacco products, the transferee shall become liable for 
the tax on such products upon release from customs custody. Any person 
who possesses tobacco products in violation of 26 U.S.C. 5751(a)(1) or 
(2), shall be liable for a tax equal to the tax on such products.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat 1415, as amended, 1424, as amended 
(26 U.S.C. 5703, 5751))

[T.D. 6871, 31 FR 32, Jan. 4, 1966. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 
15, 1975, and amended by T.D. ATF-48, 44 FR 55854, Sept. 28, 1979; T.D. 
ATF-232, 51 FR 28080, Aug. 5, 1986; T.D. ATF-243, 52 FR 43194, Dec. 1, 
1986]