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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.
Check the availability and any issues affecting Alcohol and Tobacco Warehousing Declarations (ATWD).
Find out how to complete and submit an electronic administrative document (eAD) and an electronic simplified administrative document (eSAD) using the Excise Movement Control System.
Learn more about the support available for Alcohol Duty.
Find out about risks of excise duty evasion and other commercial risks if you're an excise warehousekeeper or registered consignor.
Find out how to apply to operate premises as an excise warehouse, how to renew or make changes to your approval and what happens if HMRC cancel your approval.
Use the form HM2 to submit your return of excise duty as a registered consignee or certified consignee.
This notice must be displayed at every entrance and exit of an excise premises, warning against improper removal of duty-suspended goods.
Tax representatives must apply for approval to import duty-paid EU excise goods into Northern Ireland, using form HM4b.
Find out how you can sell duty-free or duty-paid alcohol and tobacco products through airlines, on ships, in export stores and in duty-free shops.
Find out if you can use the Excise Payment Security System when paying the duty due on excise goods released for consumption in the UK.
Use form HM1 to apply to be a part of the Registered Consignee scheme and import duty-suspending goods into Northern Ireland from an EU member state.
How to apply for temporary approval if your approval has been rejected or revoked in one of the application schemes.
Find out who the certificates are issued to, how to apply and any restrictions on the use of them.
Find out how to work out your annual alcohol production if you’re part of a group, or you merge with, or separate from another business.
Find out about temporary changes to the destruction of spoilt beer, cider, wine or made-wine if you're a brewer, cider producer, wine maker or publican.
Find out about checks you need to carry out before accepting goods into your excise warehouse and your obligations when receiving cash payments for duty-suspended sales of alcoholic products.
This factsheet gives information about compliance checks and penalties under the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme.
Use the laboratory alcohol table to get the percentage of alcohol by volume on your product.
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