27 CFR § 40.163 - Semimonthly tax return periods.

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title: "27 CFR § 40.163 - Semimonthly tax return periods."
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title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "40.163"
section_name: "Semimonthly tax return periods."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
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regulatory_source: "26 FR 8174, Aug. 31, 1961, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975; 54 FR 48839, Nov. 27, 1989, and further redesignated by T.D. ATF-460, 66 FR 39093, July 27, 2001."
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# 40.163 Semimonthly tax return periods.

Except as otherwise provided in § 40.164, the periods to be covered by semimonthly tax returns are from the 1st day of each month through the 15th day of that month and from the 16th day of each month through the last day of that month.

[T.D. TTB-89, 76 FR 3513, Jan. 20, 2011]