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If you trade in draught alcoholic products, find out if you could pay a reduced rate of Alcohol Duty.
Use Alcohol and Tobacco Warehousing Declarations to send your excise warehousing returns and payment warrants to HMRC.
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.
Use the digital service to register for the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS) or change an existing application or registration.
How to apply for authorisation to produce, stock, distribute, sell or use denatured alcohol.
It's illegal to buy alcohol if you're under 18 and you can be stopped, fined or arrested by the police for drinking in public
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
The legal alcohol limits for drivers in the UK - microgrammes, milligrammes
Find forms for alcohol duties, including registering, reliefs, paying, returns, excise warehousing, excise movements and Excise Movement Control System (EMCS) fallback forms.
Rules for alcohol licensing in your area, apply for a licence or have your say about a licence application
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