[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: 27CFR17.76] [Page 323] 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. 17.76 Addition or withdrawal of partners. (a) General partners. When a business formed as a partnership, subject to the filing of a special tax return, admits one or more new general partners, the new partnership shall file a new special tax return and pay a new special tax in order to be eligible to receive drawback (in the case of claims covering spirits used during the suspension period described in Sec. 17.21(b), the rate of special tax is zero). Withdrawal of general partners is covered by Sec. 17.72(d). (b) Limited partners. Changes in the membership of a limited partnership requiring amendment of the certificate but not dissolution of the partnership are not changes that incur liability to additional special tax or that require the filing of a new special tax return. [T.D. TTB-36, 70 FR 62242, Oct. 31, 2005]