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Use the laboratory alcohol table to get the percentage of alcohol by volume on your product.
Find the full rates of duty and calculation examples that apply if you make, import or hold beer, cider, spirits, wine or other fermented products.
Check the rates of duty for beer, cider, spirits, wine and other fermented products.
Find out about Alcoholic Ingredients Relief, which is the repayment of excise duty charged on spirits, beer, wine, other fermented products and cider.
Today marks one month until the biggest Alcohol Duty reforms in 140 years come into effect.
How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.
Review of typical alcohol by volume (ABV) levels in beer, cider and wine purchased for the ‘in-home’ market.
Who can get the relief, when to check your eligibility and how to work out your discounted duty rates.
Find out which drinks are liable for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, and how much you may need to pay.
Find a new explanatory note to the Combined Nomenclature about undenatured ethyl alcohol and other fermented beverages.
Changes to the Tariff on 2 alcoholic liquids to be used for the production of cocktails and as a base in the formulation of alcoholic beverages.
More people could be encouraged to purchase alcohol-free drinks under government proposals to make alternatives to alcoholic drinks more widely available.
If you trade in draught products, find out if you could pay a reduced rate of Alcohol Duty.
Find out about Import VAT and Customs Duty when you send gifts into the UK.
Use the online service or print and post form (EX597) to claim relief on excise duty when you use alcohol in the production or manufacture of eligible articles.
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