Title 26Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73

§5067 Reduced Rates Not Allowed for Smuggled or Illegally Produced Beer, Wine, or Spirits

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle E— Alcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes › Chapter 51— DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER › Subchapter A— Gallonage and Occupational Taxes › Part I— GALLONAGE TAXES › Subpart E— General Provisions › § 5067

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Beer, wine, or distilled spirits that are smuggled into the United States or produced illegally do not qualify for tax breaks. The reduced tax rates for beer and spirits and the tax credit for wine are all off the table for those products.

Full Legal Text

Title 26, §5067

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In the case of beer, wine, or distilled spirits that are smuggled into the United States or produced other than as authorized by this chapter—
(1)the rates of tax under paragraphs (1)(A)(i) and (2) of section 5051(a) shall not apply in the case of any such beer,
(2)the credit under section 5041(c) shall not apply in the case of any such wine, and
(3)the rates of tax under section 5001(c) shall not apply in the case of any such distilled spirits.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 5067 was renumbered section 5068 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 116–260, div. EE, title I, § 108(c), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 3049, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this section [enacting this section and transferring former section 5067 of this title to section 5068 of this title] shall apply to beer, wine, or distilled spirits, as the case may be, produced after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 27, 2020].”

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 5067

Title 26Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73