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Find out about Import VAT and Customs Duty when you send gifts into the UK.
Who can get the relief, when to check your eligibility and how to work out your discounted duty rates.
Apply for the sale of alcohol to be made the responsibility of a management committee instead of a premises supervisor.
How to apply to protect a spirit drink name under the UK GI schemes.
Declare payment of excise duty for an alcohol warehouse using form W5.
Find out about temporary changes to the destruction of spoilt beer, cider, wine or made-wine if you're a brewer, cider producer, wine maker or publican.
The government is considering options to make it easier for hospitality businesses to sell alcohol to drink in licensed pavement areas.
VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.
Supporting the alcohol and retail industries to market their products responsibly, with the aim of protecting the public and informing consumers.
Find out about checks you need to carry out before accepting goods into your excise warehouse and your obligations when receiving cash payments for duty-suspended sales of alcohol products.
Register as a maker of cider or perry for sale, if you're a limited company or other corporate body. Use the online service or postal form CP30.
This guidance relates to the alcohol licensing provisions in the Business and Planning Act 2020 only.
Find out what you need to do to apply for temporary approval if your approval has been rejected or revoked in one of the application schemes.
If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
Check the rates of duty for beer, cider, spirits, wine and other fermented products.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Documents relating to personal alcohol licences.
Guidance and forms about Alcohol Duty. Including rates, Small Producer Relief, submitting returns and paying duty.
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