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TREAS/TTB RIN: 1513-AB70 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: ●Tobacco Products Tax Increase and Floor Stocks Tax 
Abstract: Public Law 111-3, enacted on February 4, 2009, raised the tax on tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes and imposed a floor stocks tax. TTB is making conforming changes to the tax rates shown in the regulations and amending the miscellaneous tobacco regulations to implement the floor stocks tax required by the law. 
Agency: Department of the Treasury(TREAS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 27 CFR 40 and 41    27 CFR 44 to 46   
Legal Authority: PL 111-3   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Final Rule  04/01/2009 

Overall Description of Deadline: Effective date of tax increase and inventory date for floor stocks tax.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  03/31/2009  74 FR 14506   
NPRM Comment Period End  06/01/2009    
Temporary Final Rule  03/31/2009  74 FR 14506   
Final Rule  07/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Marjorie D. Ruhf
Program Manager
Department of the Treasury
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Suite 200E, 1310 G Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20220
Phone:202 453-2265
Fax:202 453-2695
Email: marjorie.ruhf@ttb.gov