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26 U.S.C. § 5702 - U.S. Code Title 26. Internal Revenue Code § 5702 | FindLaw
26 U.S.C. § 5702 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 26. Internal Revenue Code § 5702. Definitions
(a) Cigar. --“Cigar” means any roll of tobacco wrapped in leaf tobacco or in any substance containing tobacco (other than any roll of tobacco which is a cigarette within the meaning of subsection (b)(2)).
(b) Cigarette. --“Cigarette” means--
(c) Tobacco products. --“Tobacco products” means cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, pipe tobacco, and roll-your-own tobacco.
(d) Manufacturer of tobacco products. --“Manufacturer of tobacco products” means any person who manufactures cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, pipe tobacco or roll-your-own tobacco, except that such term shall not include--
(e) Cigarette paper. --“Cigarette paper” means paper, or any other material except tobacco, prepared for use as a cigarette wrapper.
(f) Cigarette tube. --“Cigarette tube” means cigarette paper made into a hollow cylinder for use in making cigarettes.
(g) Manufacturer of cigarette papers and tubes. --“Manufacturer of cigarette papers and tubes” means any person who manufactures cigarette paper, or makes up cigarette paper into tubes, except for his own personal use or consumption.
(h) Export warehouse. --“Export warehouse” means a bonded internal revenue warehouse for the storage of tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes or any processed tobacco, upon which the internal revenue tax has not been paid, for subsequent shipment to a foreign country, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or a possession of the United States, or for consumption beyond the jurisdiction of the internal revenue laws of the United States.
(i) Export warehouse proprietor. --“Export warehouse proprietor” means any person who operates an export warehouse.
(j) Removal or remove. --“Removal” or “remove” means the removal of tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes, or any processed tobacco, from the factory or from internal revenue bond under section 5704 , as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe, or release from customs custody, and shall also include the smuggling or other unlawful importation of such articles into the United States.
(k) Importer. --“Importer” means any person in the United States to whom nontaxpaid tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes, or any processed tobacco, manufactured in a foreign country, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or a possession of the United States are shipped or consigned; any person who removes cigars or cigarettes for sale or consumption in the United States from a customs bonded manufacturing warehouse; and any person who smuggles or otherwise unlawfully brings tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes into the United States.
(l) Determination of price on cigars. --In determining price for purposes of section 5701(a)(2) --
(A) the amount of the tax imposed by this chapter or section 7652 , and
(m) Definitions relating to smokeless tobacco.--
(1) Smokeless tobacco. --The term “smokeless tobacco” means any snuff or chewing tobacco.
(2) Snuff. --The term “snuff” means any finely cut, ground, or powdered tobacco that is not intended to be smoked.
(3) Chewing tobacco. --The term “chewing tobacco” means any leaf tobacco that is not intended to be smoked.
(n) Pipe tobacco. --The term “pipe tobacco” means any tobacco which, because of its appearance, type, packaging, or labeling, is suitable for use and likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as tobacco to be smoked in a pipe.
(o) Roll-your-own tobacco. --The term “roll-your-own tobacco” means any tobacco which, because of its appearance, type, packaging, or labeling, is suitable for use and likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as tobacco for making cigarettes or cigars, or for use as wrappers thereof.
(p) Manufacturer of processed tobacco.--
(1) In general. --The term “manufacturer of processed tobacco” means any person who processes any tobacco other than tobacco products.
(2) Processed tobacco. --The processing of tobacco shall not include the farming or growing of tobacco or the handling of tobacco solely for sale, shipment, or delivery to a manufacturer of tobacco products or processed tobacco.
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