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What you need to do if you sell or store tobacco products in the UK.
Information on how to apply for approval to use raw tobacco in a controlled activity.
Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
Create an account with the UK ID issuer for business or product IDs if you're involved in the supply of tobacco products in the UK.
From 1 January 2014 herbal smoking products will have Tobacco Products Duty charged on them unless they are to be used exclusively for medical purposes.
What you need to do if you manufacture or import tobacco products in the UK.
Find out if you need to pay Tobacco Products Duty if you make or import tobacco, how much it is and when you can suspend or defer payment.
What you need to do if you transport or transload tobacco products in the UK.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Find out how you can import tobacco products into the UK from countries inside and outside the EU.
Use form TP4 to apply for authorisation for your premises to be used to make tobacco for the personal use of the tobacco grower.
Check what UIDs you need for your tobacco products and the specifications they need to meet.
Use form TP7 to declare the quantities of products delivered for home use from registered premises and the amount of duty due.
Your company must meet the independence criteria to provide data storage or anti-tamper devices to the tobacco industry.
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
Information relating to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which was introduced in the House of Commons on 20 March 2024.
This tax information and impact note is about the new Raw Tobacco Approval Scheme.
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