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.
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.