Guidance

Cancel your alcoholic products producer approval (APPA)

Tell HMRC you want to cancel your APPA.

About this form

You need to tell HMRC if you want to cancel your alcoholic products producer approval (APPA) approval.

You can withdraw your application if we have not already approved it.

There are different forms if you need to:

What you will need

To request to cancel, you will need to tell us:

  • your APPA ID
  • your business’s Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR)
  • the reason for cancelling
  • your contact details

Request to cancel your APPA

To request to cancel your approval, you need to sign in with your Government Gateway user ID and password.

You can save your progress and come back later.

You’ll get a confirmation email with a submission reference once you have sent the form.

Start now

If you cannot use the online form

You can tell us you want to cancel your approval by email or post if you are not able to use the online form.

Contact us by emailing or writing to HMRC.

After you have sent the form

We aim to review the form within 45 working days.

It may take longer if we need to ask you for more information.

Updates to this page

Published 15 December 2025

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