---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 40.21"
title: "27"
number: "40.21"
heading: "Cigar tax rates."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/40.21"
---

# §40.21. Cigar tax rates.

- (a) Cigars are taxed at the following rates under [26 U.S.C. 5701(a)](/usc/26/5701.md?p=a):
- (b) See [§ 40.22](/cfr/27/40.22.md) of this part for rules concerning determination of sale price of large cigars.
- (c) Cigars not exempt from tax under 26 U.S.C. chapter 52 and the provisions of this part which are removed but not intended for sale shall be taxed at the same rate as similar cigars removed for sale.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-420, 64 FR 71939, Dec. 22, 1999, as amended by T.D. TTB-75, 74 FR 14481, Mar. 31, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 448, 5701, 5703-5705, 5711-5713, 5721-5723, 5731-5734, 5741, 5751, 5753, 5761-5763, 6061, 6065, 6109, 6151, 6301, 6302, 6311, 6313, 6402, 6404, 6423, 6676, 6806, 7011, 7212, 7325, 7342, 7502, 7503, 7606, 7805; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303, 9304, 9306.

### Source

Source: 26 FR 8174, Aug. 31, 1961, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975; 54 FR 48839, Nov. 27, 1989, and further redesignated by T.D. ATF-460, 66 FR 39093, July 27, 2001.

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-420, 64 FR 71939, Dec. 22, 1999, as amended by T.D. TTB-75, 74 FR 14481, Mar. 31, 2009]