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Find out about applying for the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme, how to submit brand information, fees and making sure your production process is compliant.
Use the online calculator to find out your Alcohol Duty rates.
How to get relief from excise duty on oil used in certain ways using the Industrial Relief Scheme, also known as the Tied Oils Scheme.
Find out the effects of the law and regulations covering the introduction of the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme.
Find out about the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme if you produce a UK spirit drink with a protected Geographical Indication.
Find out how to apply for verification and what happens if you do not.
This notice is about the production, distribution or use of denatured alcohol in the UK. Denatured alcohol is alcohol that has been made unsuitable for drinking by the addition of denaturants.
How to apply for authorisation to produce, stock, distribute, sell or use denatured alcohol.
Find out when you need duty stamps for retail alcohol you import and make, and how to get them.
This notice explains HMRC's policy on aircraft, ship and train stores following the Excise Goods (Aircraft and Ship's Stores) Regulation 2015.
Use the online service or print and post form (EX597) to claim relief on excise duty when you use alcohol in the production or manufacture of eligible articles.
If you trade in draught alcoholic products, find out if you could pay a reduced rate of Alcohol Duty.
Find out about Alcoholic Ingredients Relief, which is the repayment of Alcohol Duty charged on spirits, beer, wine, other fermented products and cider.
Find out how to submit brand details to HMRC for Scotch Whisky, Irish Whiskey, Irish Cream, Irish Poteen, Somerset Cider Brandy and Single Malt Welsh Whisky if you're a verified bottler.
Find out about the verification checks and what to expect during a visit if you've applied for verification and paid your fee for the Scheme.
This notice explains the UK's requirements for duty stamping of retail containers of spirits, wine and other fermented products (previously known as made-wine) that are intended for consumption.
This notice is about duty free spirits for use in manufacture or for medical or scientific purposes.
Check the list of alcohol wholesalers in the Isle of Man that have approval under the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS).
Find out the process for sending excise goods by parcel from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
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