[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 26, Volume 16] [Revised as of April 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 26CFR48.4073-1] [Page 106] TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED) PART 48_MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS EXCISE TAXES--Table of Contents Subpart H_Motor Vehicles, Tires, Tubes, Tread Rubber, and Taxable Fuel Sec. 48.4073-1 Exemption of tires of certain sizes. The tax does not apply to sales of tires of all-rubber construction (whether hollow center or solid) if they have no fabric or metal reinforcement and do not exceed either of these measurements: (a) 20 inches in diameter measured to the outside circumferences, and (b) 1\3/ 4\ inches in cross-section. The exemption provided by section 4073(a) is to be determined solely on the measurements of the tire and not on the purpose for which it is designed or used. (Secs. 4071(b), 4071(c), 4073(c), and 7805, Internal Revenue Code of 1954. (80 Stat. 331, 26 U.S.C. 4071(b); 68A Stat. 482, 26 U.S.C. 4071(c); 70 Stat. 389, 26 U.S.C. 4073(c); 68A Stat. 917, 26 U.S.C. 7805)) [T.D. 7809, 47 FR 6007, Feb. 10, 1982]