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Find out about Alcoholic Ingredients Relief (AIR), which is the repayment of Alcohol Duty charged on spirits, beer, wine, other fermented products and cider.
Regulations that brewers and contract brewers must comply with when producing beer to sell.
Find out about temporary changes to the destruction of spoilt beer, cider, wine or made-wine if you're a brewer, cider producer, wine maker or publican.
This guide covers alcoholic products definitions and classification including how to calculate the duty. These alcoholic products definitions inform their classification.
General information on what alcoholic strength means for duty purposes, how to measure strength and what to do if there is a dispute over strength.
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