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Learn more about the support available for Alcohol Duty.
Find out about risks of excise duty evasion and other commercial risks if you're an excise warehousekeeper or registered consignor.
Use the laboratory alcohol table to get the percentage of alcohol by volume on your product.
How to apply for temporary approval if your approval has been rejected or revoked in one of the application schemes.
Check which ingredients to use to make cider or perry that qualifies for Cider Duty rates. If you use other ingredients, you must pay Wine Duty rates instead.
Find out about the verification checks and what to expect during a visit if you've applied for verification and paid your fee for the Scheme.
Check the list of alcohol wholesalers in the Isle of Man that have approval under the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS).
Find out who can be authorised to store, process or produce excise goods in a UK Freeport customs site and how to apply to do so.
This notice contains tables to help calculate the quantity of liquid (the ullage) in a cask.
This notice must be displayed at every entrance and exit of an excise premises, warning against improper removal of duty-suspended goods.
Check the availability and any issues affecting Alcohol and Tobacco Warehousing Declarations (ATWD).
Use form HM8 when you need authority to account for excise duty by using another trader's deferment approval number (DAN).
Find out how you can sell duty-free or duty-paid alcohol and tobacco products through airlines, on ships, in export stores and in duty-free shops.
Tax representatives must apply for approval to import duty-paid EU excise goods into Northern Ireland, using form HM4b.
Use form HM9 to apply to be a UK tax representative and become authorised to account for duty on excise goods sold to private individuals in Northern Ireland.
Find out how to work out your annual alcohol production if you’re part of a group, or you merge with, or separate from another business.
Find out about applying for the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme, how to submit brand information, fees and making sure your production process is compliant.
Use form HM3 to apply for approval as a certified trader if your goods are being delivered from an EU member state into Northern Ireland or from Northern Ireland to an EU member state.
Find out if you can use the Excise Payment Security System when paying the duty due on excise goods released for consumption in the UK.
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