Form

Stores authority for spirits and tobacco products (C945)

Use form C945 to request authority for the shipment of spirits and tobacco products for use as stores, free of duty, on a ship.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 4 April 2014
• Last updated: 6 October 2016 — See all updates

Documents

Request authority using the postal form

Ref: C945

https://public-online.hmrc.gov.uk/lc/content/xfaforms/profiles/forms.html?contentRoot=repository:///Applications/IndirectTax/1.0/C945&template=C945.xdp

Details

Request the authority for the shipment of spirits and tobacco products for use as stores, free of duty, on a ship.

Email HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to ask for this form in Welsh (Cymraeg).

Information you’ll need

You’ll need the following details to hand to help you complete the form:

• voyage details including port, approved wharf where stores are to be shipped, vessel name, net tonnage, estimated duration of voyage, destination
• goods details including name of supplier, description of goods, type of goods, volume
• fill in the form on-screen, print and post it to HMRC

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Related forms and guidance

Excise Notice 69a: duty free ships’ stores
This notice is about the authorisation, supply, and carriage of duty-free stores by commercial vessels.

Published 4 April 2014
Last updated 6 October 2016 + show all updates

1. 6 October 2016

   An online forms service is now available.

2. 4 April 2014

   First published.