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(b) Except for refunds under section 15 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted herein, no refund under this section shall be made to the processor or other person who paid or was liable for the tax with respect to the articles on which the claim is based. No refund under this section shall be allowable to any person with respect to any articles where such person prior to January 6, 1936, paid an amount as tax under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, by taking as a credit against such amount an amount otherwise allowable as a refund with respect to such articles under sections 15 (a), 15 (c), 16 (e) (1), 16 (e) (3), or 17 (a) of said Act. No refund under this section shall be allowed to any person except to the extent that he establishes that he has not received, and is not entitled to receive, reimbursement of such amount from the processor or other vendor with respect to the articles on which the claim is based. No claim under this section (except claims of processors under section 15 (a)) shall be disallowed on the ground that the tax with respect to the article or the commodity from which processed has not been paid. (c) No refund under this section shall be made unless the claimant files a claim therefor prior to January 1, 1937, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and no claim shall be allowed in an amount less than $10. Sections 16 (g) and 21 (f) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, are repealed. (d) In the absence of fraud, the findings of fact and the decision of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue upon the merits of any claim adjusted pur- suant to this section and the mathematical calculation therein shall not be subject to review by any administrative or accounting officer, employee, or agent of the United States. (e) The determination of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue with respect to any refund under this section shall be final and no court shall have jurisdic- tion to review such determination. (f) No interest shall be allowed in connection with any refund made under this section. (g) Section 16 (e) (1) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking out "subsequent to June 26, 1934" and by inserting in lieu thereof "on or after June 1, 1934". (U. S. C., Title 7, § 641.) SEO. 602. FLOOR STOCKS AS OF JANUARY 6 , 1936 (a) There shall be paid to any person who, at the first moment of January 6, 1936, held for sale or other disposition (including manufacturing or further processing) any article processed wholly or In chief value from a commodity subject to processing tax, an amount computed as provided in subsection (b), except that no such payment shall be made to the processor or other person who paid or was liable for the tax with respect to the articles on which the claim is based. (b) The amount of the payment under subsection (a) shall be equal to the processing tax which would have been payable with respect to the commodity from which the article was processed, if it had been processed on January 5, 1936, but not in excess of (1) the amount of the burden of the tax with respect to the article which was shifted to the claimant in the price he paid for the article (to the extent that the claimant has not received and is not entitled to receive reimbursement for such burden from the processor or other vendor) and not in excess of (2) the amount of that part of the burden of the tax appli- cable to the articles held on January 6, 1936, which the claimant has not passed on to his vendees and has not included in the sale price of such articles. In lieu of a detailed schedule of articles, purchases, sale prices, and sales under clauses (1) and (2) of this subsection, the claimant may (subject to the approval of the Commissioner and such investigations as he may cause to be made) submit, as a part of his claim, an affidavit setting forth the total amount of tax burden passed on to him on the articles with respect to which claim is made; the total amount of such burden for which he has received or is entitled to receive reim- bursement from the processor or other vendor; the total amount of such burden that he has passed on to his vendees or has included in the sale prices of such articles; and the total amount of such burden that he has borne himself. (c) As used in this section- (1) The term "commodity subject to a processing tax" means a commodity upon the processing of which a tax was provided for under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, as of January 5, 1936. (2) The term "tax with respect to the article" means any tax under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, with respect to the article (or with respect to any commodity or other article from which it was processed). (3) The term "sale price" includes the price at which the claimant actually sold the article or articles prior to the date of the filing of his claim or, if the article or articles have not been sold, the price at which he is offering the same for sale on the date of the filing of his claim. APPENDIX XCV