27 C.F.R. § 20.175
(c) The dealer who ordered the shipment shall be liable for the tax while the specially denatured spirits are in transit and the person actually shipping the specially denatured spirits shall not be liable except as provided in 26 U.S.C. 5001(a)(4) and (5).
(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1370, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5271))
[T.D. ATF-199, 50 FR 9162, Mar. 6, 1985, as amended at T.D. ATF-476, 67 FR 17939, Apr. 12, 2002; 67 FR 20868, Apr. 26, 2002; T.D. TTB-140, 81 FR 59459, Aug. 30, 2016]