Title 26Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73

§5412 Removal of beer in containers or by pipeline

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle E— - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes › Chapter CHAPTER 51— - DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER › Subchapter Subchapter G— - Breweries › Part PART II— - OPERATIONS › § 5412

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Beer may leave a brewery only in containers marked as the Secretary requires, except under section 5414 or by pipeline under section 5222.

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Title 26, §5412

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Beer may be removed from the brewery for consumption or sale only in hogsheads, packages, and similar containers, marked, branded, or labeled in such manner as the Secretary may by regulation require, except that beer may be removed from the brewery pursuant to section 5414 or by pipeline to contiguous distilled spirits plants under section 5222.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 5412, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 675, consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.

Amendments

2017—Pub. L. 115–97 inserted “pursuant to section 5414 or” before “by pipeline”. 1976—Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”. 1971—Pub. L. 91–673 substituted “packages,” for “barrels, kegs, bottles,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2017 Amendment Pub. L. 115–97, title I, § 13803(c), Dec. 22, 2017, 131 Stat. 2173, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this section [amending this section and section 5414 of this title] shall apply to any calendar quarters beginning after December 31, 2017.”

Effective Date

of 1971 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 91–673 effective on first day of first calendar month which begins more than 90 days after Jan. 12, 1971, see section 5 of Pub. L. 91–673, set out as a note under section 5056 of this title.

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 5412

Title 26Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73