BIR Ruling No. 271-61
BIR Ruling No. 271-61 • Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Issuances • Rulings (Numbered) • Jul 18, 1961
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July 18, 1961 BIR RULING NO. 271-61 2nd Indorsement Returned to the Chief, Alcohol Tax Division, the attached papers bearing on the request of H. G. Henares & Sons, Inc., Pasay City, with the following comment. cdtech It appears that H. G. Henares & Sons., Inc. is requesting authority from this Office to buy free from tax from a duly registered local distillery plant specially denatured alcohol the formula of which will be as follows: "Refined ethyl alcohol (95%) 90% by volume Isoprophyl or methyl-ethyl ketone 10% by volume In the decision of the Court of Tax Appeals in the case of La Tondea, Inc., C.T.A. Case No. 182, decided on December 16, 1957, it has held that denatured alcohol used in the operation of industries does not include denatured alcohol to be used merely as an ingredient in the manufacture of another product. Accordingly, the specially denatured alcohol in question to be produced by a duly registered local distillery plant will be subjected to the specific tax when the time it is removed from the place of production. LibLex
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