27 CFR § 25.177 - Evasion of or failure to pay tax; failure to file a tax return.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s25.177"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 25.177 - Evasion of or failure to pay tax; failure to file a tax return."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "25.177"
section_name: "Evasion of or failure to pay tax; failure to file a tax return."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ALCOHOL"
part_number: "25"
part_name: "BEER"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "19 U.S.C. 81c; 26 U.S.C. 5002, 5051-5054, 5056, 5061, 5121, 5122-5124, 5222, 5401-5403, 5411-5417, 5551, 5552, 5555, 5556, 5671, 5673, 5684, 6011, 6061, 6065, 6091, 6109, 6151, 6301, 6302, 6311, 6313, 6402, 6651, 6656, 6676, 6806, 7342, 7606, 7805; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303-9308."
regulatory_source: "T.D. ATF-224, 51 FR 7673, Mar. 5, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "25"
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# 25.177 Evasion of or failure to pay tax; failure to file a tax return.

Sections 5671, 5673, 5684, 6651, and 6656 of Title 26 United States Code provide penalties for evasion or failure to pay tax on beer or for failure to file a tax return.

(Act of Aug. 16, 1954, 68A Stat. 821, as amended, 826, as amended (26 U.S.C. 6651, 6656); sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1408, 1410, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5671, 5673, 5684))