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Send your Excise Warehouse Return to HMRC (W1)

Use form W1 to submit details of the alcohol and tobacco goods you have received, dispatched and currently store in your warehouse.

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Excise Warehouse Return (W1)

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Notes on the completion of form W1: Excise Warehouse Return

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Use form W1 if you’re an excise warehousekeeper to submit details of the alcohol and tobacco goods you have received, dispatched and currently store in your warehouse for the return period.

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Excise Notice 197
This notice is about the requirements and obligations for warehousekeepers of motor and heating fuels in the UK. It also gives guidance on accounting for Excise Duty and VAT charged on these fuels.

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Updates to this page

Published 4 April 2014
Last updated 1 September 2023 + show all updates
  1. The Excise Warehouse Return (W1) and notes on completion forms have been updated.

  2. The Excise Warehouse Return (W1) form has been updated.

  3. This page has been updated because the Brexit transition period has ended.

  4. The telephone numbers for the VAT and Excise Helpline and National Warehouse Return Centre have been updated on the W1 and W1 notes.

  5. First published.

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