Policy paper

Duty on high strength ciders: Autumn Budget 2017 brief

Details of the government’s reforms to the taxation of high strength cider.

• From: HM Treasury
• Published: 22 November 2017

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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Duty on high strength ciders: Autumn Budget 2017 brief

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Details

Following consultation earlier this year, Autumn Budget 2017 announced a new, higher duty band targeting cheap, high-strength ‘white’ ciders.

The new duty band for cider between 6.9% and 7.5% alcohol by volume will be implemented from 1 February 2019.

This document sets out the background to the issue and details of the government’s reforms.