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Find out which drinks are liable for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, and how much you may need to pay.
Find out about applying for the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme, how to submit brand information, fees and making sure your production process is compliant.
Find out about Alcoholic Ingredients Relief, which is the repayment of excise duty charged on spirits, beer, wine, other fermented products and cider.
How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.
Traditional term for wine
Who can get the relief, when to check your eligibility and how to work out your discounted duty rates.
These documents explain how OHID is approaching reduction and food and drink reformulation as part of the government’s obesity strategy.
Check the rates of duty for beer, cider, spirits, wine and other fermented products.
The figures you’ll need and how to use them to work out your discounted duty rates.
List of applications to protect the geographical name of a spirit drink in Great Britain.
What denatured alcohol is, and how you apply for authorisation to produce, stock, distribute, sell or use it.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of wine and aromatised wine in the UK.
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