Guidance

Withdraw your application to be an excise warehousekeeper

Tell HMRC you want to withdraw your excise warehousekeeper application for alcohol, tobacco and vaping products.

About this form 

You need to tell HMRC if you want to withdraw your application to be an excise warehousekeeper for alcohol, tobacco and vaping products.

You cannot withdraw your application if we have already approved it. 

What you will need 

We will ask you for the: 

  • type of application that you included in the submission 
  • submission reference from your original application 
  • reason for withdrawing the application 

Where you can find your submission reference

This is a 12-character code we sent when you submitted the application. For example, ZKF7-D67V-E0QY.

You can find this in the email we sent you after you have applied for approval.

Withdraw your application 

Online 

To withdraw your application, 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. 

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If you cannot use the online form 

You can tell us you want to withdraw your application by post if you are not able to use the online form. 

Contact us by 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 1 April 2026

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