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Find out about Alcoholic Ingredients Relief, which is the repayment of excise duty charged on spirits, beer, wine, other fermented products and cider.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of wine and aromatised wine in the UK.
How to apply to protect a wine name or aromatised wine name under the UK GI schemes and how to use a traditional term to describe a wine product.
Find out about the UK geographical indication (GI) schemes that protect the geographical names of food, drink and agricultural products, and the UK GI schemes registers.
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
Traditional term for wine
Find out which drinks are liable for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, and how much you may need to pay.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.
Submit a return (EX606) to declare duty on wine, cider and other fermented products (formally made-wine) each month.
Find out when you can remove wine and made-wine without paying Excise Duty and how to do it.
Following a public consultation, the government has set out reforms for the wine sector which will begin in 2024.
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