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 Rev. Rul. 72-67

1972-1 C.B. 406

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Additional obsolete rulings which have primary application in the excise tax area are listed.

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Rev. Rul. 72-67

Revenue Procedure 67-6, C.B. 1967-1, 576, announced a program for reviewing rulings published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin prior to 1953 for the primary purpose of identifying and declaring obsolete those rulings which, although not specifically revoked or superseded, are not considered determinative with respect to future transactions.

In accordance with that program and based on the review of certain rulings which have primary application in the excise tax area, the rulings listed below are hereby declared to be obsolete.

        GENERAL COUNSEL'S MEMORANDUM (G.C.M.) RULING SERIES

           G.C.M. No.:                    C.B. Citation

             5711________________  IX-1, 402
             11904_______________  XII-1, 434


             MISCELLANEOUS TAXES (M.T.) RULING SERIES

           M.T.No.:                       C.B. Citation

             16__________________  1943, 1170
             21__________________  1944, 594
             23__________________  1945, 444
             31__________________  1948-2, 176
             41__________________  1951-2, 218


                PROCESSING TAX (P.T.) RULING SERIES
           P.T. No.:                      C.B. Citation

             35__________________  1937-2, 530


            SOLICITOR'S MEMORANDUM (S.M.) RULING SERIES

           S.M. No.:                      C.B. Citation

             2080________________  III-2, 366
             3006________________  IV-1, 297


               OFFICE DECISION (O.D.) RULING SERIES

           O.D. No.:/*/                   C.B. Citation

             54__________________  January-June, 1921, 87
             184_________________  July-December, 1921, 66

/*/ The C.B. citations for the O.D. Series and certain rulings from other series relate to two of the three Sales Tax Rulings Bulletins issued in 1920 and 1921. The Bulletins cited are identified as follows: Sales Tax Rulings Cumulative Bulletin (January-June, 1921) and Sales Tax Rulings Cumulative Bulletin (July-December, 1921).

                  SALES TAX (S.T.) RULING SERIES

           S.T. No.:

             373_________________  I-1, 443
             393_________________  I-2, 295
             411_________________  II-1, 299
             422_________________  II-2, 310
             437_________________  II-2, 308
             441_________________  III-1, 461
             458_________________  IV-2, 253
             468_________________  XI-2, 471
             490_________________  XI-2, 472
             540_________________  XI-2, 448
             548_________________  XI-2, 450
             556_________________  XI-2, 521
             582_________________  XI-2, 472
             592_________________  XI-2, 509
             605_________________  XI-2, 475
             616_________________  XI-2, 512
             617_________________  XI-2, 513
             624_________________  XII-1, 415
             628_________________  XII-1, 415
             646_________________  XII-1, 422
             667_________________  XII-1, 421
             688_________________  XII-2, 364
             696_________________  XII-2, 317
             716_________________  XIII-1, 427
             734_________________  XIII-1, 381
             737_________________  XIII-1, 426
             753_________________  XIII-2, 404
             785_________________  XIII-2, 413
             810_________________  XIV-1, 412
             928_________________  1943, 1147
             940_________________  1951-2, 214

The purpose of this declaration of obsolescence is to make it clear to all concerned that the above-listed rulings are not determinative with respect to future transactions. It is not the purpose of this Revenue Ruling to determine the applicability of any of the listed rulings to past transactions.

As stated in Revenue Procedure 67-6, many of the older published rulings have become obsolete for various reasons. However, in the case of this particular Revenue Ruling, many of the listed rulings are inapplicable to future transactions because the statutory provisions under which they were issued subsequently have been repealed or amended.

Publication of this Revenue Ruling completes that phase of the program announced in Revenue Procedure 67-6 to review rulings in the excise tax area published prior to 1953. Failure to include in the foregoing lists (or the lists published in Revenue Rulings 67-45 and 67-199, C.B. 1967-1, pages 372 and 390, respectively) any excise tax ruling published prior to 1953 should not be taken to imply that such ruling has been determined to have continuing application to future transactions.