§ 25.221 Voluntary destruction of beer.

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Title 27 CFR: Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms › Chapter I: ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY › Part 25: BEER › Subpart N: Voluntary Destruction › § 25.221: § 25.221 Voluntary destruction of beer.

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(a)

On brewery premises.

(1) A brewer may destroy, at the brewery, beer on which the tax has not been determined or paid.

(2) A brewer operating a tavern on brewery premises under § 25.25 may destroy taxpaid or tax-determined beer stored on brewery premises, in accordance with the requirements of § 25.225.

(b)

Destruction without return to brewery.

A brewer may destroy beer on which the tax has been paid or determined at a location other than any of the breweries operated by the brewer, upon compliance with this subpart.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1335, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5056))

[T.D. ATF-224, 51 FR 7673, Mar. 5, 1986; 51 FR 9190, Mar. 18, 1986; T.D. ATF-268, 53 FR 8629, Mar. 16, 1988, as amended by T.D. 372, 61 FR 20724, May 8, 1996; T.D. TTB-91, 76 FR 5478, Feb. 1, 2011]

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