16 Tex. Admin. Code § 39.2 - Calculation of Taxes Due

(a) Alcoholic beverages may be imported for personal use are subject to the following tax rates set in the Code:

(1) Distilled spirits: $2.40 per gallon;

(2) Vinous Liquor containing less than 14 percent alcohol by volume: $0.204 per gallon;

(3) Vinous Liquor containing 14 percent or more of alcohol by volume: $0.0408 per gallon;

(4) Malt Beverages: $6.00 per 31-gallon barrel, ($0.194 per gallon); and

(5) Artificially carbonated and natural sparkling vinous liquor: $0.516 per gallon.

(b) If the alcoholic beverage is in metric containers, the amount of tax due is determined by converting the metric amount into the equivalent amount in gallons and applying the appropriate tax rate, then rounding up to the nearest quarter of a dollar, as authorized by Code §107.07(g).

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16 Tex. Admin. Code § 39.2

Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 14, April 8, 2022, TexReg 1887, eff. 4/12/2022