27 CFR § 25.166 - Payment of reduced rate of tax.

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title: "27 CFR § 25.166 - Payment of reduced rate of tax."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "25.166"
section_name: "Payment of reduced rate of tax."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
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part_number: "25"
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regulatory_source: "T.D. ATF-224, 51 FR 7673, Mar. 5, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
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# 25.166 Payment of reduced rate of tax.

(a) *By return, Form 5000.24.* A brewer who is eligible to pay the reduced rate of tax on beer may, upon filing the notice required by § 25.167, pay the reduced rate of tax on beer by return for deferred payment of tax as provided in § 25.164 or by prepayment return as provided in § 25.175. Payment of reduced rate of tax on beer by return, Form 5000.24, may commence with any tax return filed during a calendar year and will continue until the brewer has taxpaid 60,000 barrels of beer at the lower rate of tax, or taxpaid the number of barrels of beer apportioned under § 25.167(b)(3) for that calendar year.

(b) *By claim for refund of tax.* A brewer, eligible to pay the reduced rate of tax on beer during a calendar year, but who has not paid the reduced rate of tax by return during that year, may file a claim using form TTB F 5620.8, for refund of tax excessively paid on beer during that year. Claims for refund of tax will be filed as provided in § 25.285.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1333, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5051))

[T.D. ATF-224, 51 FR 7673, Mar. 5, 1987, as amended by T.D. ATF-251, 52 FR 19313, May 22, 1987; T.D. TTB-41, 71 FR 5604, Feb. 2, 2006; T.D. TTB-196, 89 FR 87943, Nov. 6, 2024]