# Return of Wine to Bonded Premises
> **TTB** · Final rule; Treasury decision. · Published 2015-09-15 · Effective 2015-10-15 · 80 FR 55246
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-23132
- **Category:** tax-irs
- **Sub-agency:** TTB
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 55246
- **CFR reference:** 27 CFR 24
- **Publication date:** 2015-09-15
- **Effective date:** 2015-10-15
- **Treasury docket:** Docket No. TTB-2015-0013
## Abstract

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is revising the wine regulations governing the return of wine to bonded wine premises in response to two statutory changes. First, to incorporate a provision contained in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, TTB is removing a regulatory requirement that wine returned to bond must be unmerchantable. Second, to incorporate a provision contained in the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, TTB is revising the regulations to clarify that the refund or credit of excise tax applies to any wine removed from a bonded wine cellar and subsequently returned to bond. The current regulatory text states that a refund or credit of tax is available only for wine produced in the United States.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/09/15/2015-23132/return-of-wine-to-bonded-premises)
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