# 2024-31462: Mystery Drug Tax Targets Unnamed Pills During Secret Periods

2024-31462, Excise Tax on Designated Drugs, is a Federal Register proposed rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-02 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31462
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31462
- Title: Excise Tax on Designated Drugs
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-02
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Mystery Drug Tax Targets Unnamed Pills During Secret Periods

## Summary

The IRS is proposing new rules about a special tax on certain drugs sold by manufacturers, producers, and importers during specific times. These rules explain how to calculate and apply this excise tax, which could affect how much these companies pay. If you want to share your thoughts or ask for a public hearing, you need to do it by March 3, 2025.

## Abstract

This document contains proposed regulations relating to the excise tax on certain sales of designated drugs by manufacturers, producers, and importers during statutorily defined periods. The proposed regulations would provide substantive rules that relate to the imposition and calculation of the tax. The proposed regulations would affect manufacturers, producers, and importers of designated drugs that sell such drugs during statutorily defined periods.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2024-31462 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/02/2024-31462/excise-tax-on-designated-drugs)
- [2024-31462 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-02/pdf/2024-31462.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31462 (as of 2026-06-08).