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Find and use tools and calculators that will help you work out your tax.
Check the rates of duty for beer, cider, spirits, wine and other fermented products.
Submit a return (EX46) to declare duty on beer, and declare other movements in and out of your registered premises.
Find out about the simplified rates of customs and excise duty used when you declare your personal goods online.
Find the commodity description, code number and tax type code number to identify the type and rate of excise duty payable if you're a UK-based business.
Find the full rates of duty and calculation examples that apply if you make, import or hold beer, cider, spirits, wine or other fermented products.
Find out the UK's requirements for the holding and movement of excise goods in duty suspension within the UK and the EU.
Find out if you need to apply for approval to sell alcohol to another business.
Find out how you can import alcohol into the UK and the duty and VAT you need to pay for each method.
When you must use the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS), and how to register and enrol.
How to move, store and trade duty-suspended and duty-paid excise goods.
Who can get the relief, when to check your eligibility and how to work out your discounted duty rates.
Use the digital service to register for the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS) or change an existing application or registration.
This notice explains the effects of the law and regulations covering the production, storage and accounting for duty on beer.
The figures you’ll need and how to use them to work out your discounted duty rates.
Find out how to pay your Beer Duty.
Use Alcohol and Tobacco Warehousing Declarations to send your excise warehousing returns and payment warrants to HMRC.
Find out how to apply for verification and what happens if you do not.
Find out when you need duty stamps for retail alcohol you import and make, and how to get them.
Find out about the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme if you produce a UK spirit drink with a protected Geographical Indication.
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