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CHAPTER 52— TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES›Subchapter C— Operations by Manufacturers and Importers of Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes and Export Warehouse Proprietors

§ 5721. Inventories

26 U.S.C. Subtitle E — Alcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes (Internal Revenue Code) · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · United States

Every manufacturer or importer of tobacco products, processed tobacco, or cigarette papers and tubes, and every export warehouse proprietor, shall make a true and accurate inventory at the time of commencing business, at the time of concluding business, and at such other times, in such manner and form, and to include such items, as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. Such inventories shall be subject to verification by any internal revenue officer.

(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 713; Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 202, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1422; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 105–33, title IX, § 9302(h)(2)(A), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 674; Pub. L. 111–3, title VII, § 702(a)(2)(A), Feb. 4, 2009, 123 Stat. 108.)

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