[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 27, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 27CFR17.73] [Page 322] TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PART 17_DRAWBACK ON TAXPAID DISTILLED SPIRITS USED IN MANUFACTURING Subpart D_Special Tax Stamps Sec. 17.73 Failure to register. Except in the case of claims covering spirits used during the suspension period described in Sec. 17.21(b) when the special tax rate is zero, a person eligible for succession to the privileges of a taxpayer, in accordance with Sec. Sec. 17.71 and 17.72, who fails to register the succession with TTB, as required by Sec. 17.71, shall pay a new special tax if a claim for drawback is filed on distilled spirits used by the successor during the tax year for which the original special tax was paid. [T.D. ATF-379, 61 FR 31412, June 20, 1996, as amended by T.D. TTB-36, 70 FR 62242, Oct. 31, 2005]