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Quarterly Distillery Return

File your quarterly production return if you run a distillery. Declare materials you've used and spirits you've produced using form W21.

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published
11 August 2014
Last updated
3 March 2025 — See all updates

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From 1 March 2025, alcoholic product producers must submit Alcohol Duty returns and payments using the Manage your Alcohol Duty online service.

As a spirits producer, whether you pay duty using the Manage your Alcohol Duty online service, Alcohol and Tobacco Warehousing Declarations or forms W5 or W5D, you’ll need to report quarterly spirits production using the Manage your Alcohol Duty online service. You can no longer use form W21 to do this.

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Details

Use this form to file quarterly distillery returns to HMRC. This will be March, June, September and December.

Submit this form within 14 days of the end of each quarter. You must submit this form even if it amounts to a ‘nil’ return. You must submit details of the:

  • types of materials you’ve used
  • quantity of materials you’ve used
  • amount of spirits you’ve produced

Email HMRC to ask for this form in Welsh (Cymraeg).

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Updates to this page

Published 11 August 2014
Last updated 3 March 2025 + show all updates

  1. Removed form W21 from the page, as spirits producers must now use the Manage your Alcohol Duty online service to submit returns.

  2. The Quarterly Distillery Return (W21) form has been updated with a new return address.

  3. First published.

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