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Report someone to HMRC if you think they're selling tobacco products or alcohol without paying UK duty
If you intend to brew, pack or hold beer in duty suspension, you must register for Beer Duty using form BPH1 at least 14 days before you start.
Use form W8 to accompany movements of duty-suspended goods between port and warehouse and between UK warehouses.
Apply for a distiller's licence and for approval of distillery plant and process if you intend to produce spirits using form DLA1.
Use the online or postal form L5 to apply for a licence to carry on an excise trade.
Use form W1 to submit details of the alcohol and tobacco goods you have received, dispatched and currently store in your warehouse.
If you intend to produce wine or made-wine for sale, or if you're a commercial grower, you should apply for a licence using form WMW1.
Declare payment of excise duty for an alcohol warehouse using form W5.
Use the online forms service or email the postal form to notify HMRC that you intend to make a claim for excise duty drawback.
Apply to receive duty free spirits if you need them for manufacturing or scientific processes or for preparation of articles that have medicinal purposes.
File your quarterly production return if you run a distillery. Declare materials you've used and spirits you've produced using form W21.
Declare VAT due on alcoholic beverages under duty suspension using the online or postal form EX46(VAT).
Use form DA1 if you intend to receive and use industrial denatured alcohol or trade specific denatured alcohol.
Use form EX61 to apply to register as an excise warehousekeeper.
Use form C945 to request authority for the shipment of spirits and tobacco products for use as stores, free of duty, on a ship.
Use form EX69 to apply for a trade facility warehouse for alcohol and tobacco.
Defer payment of excise duty for an alcohol warehouse using form W5D.
Use the online form to apply to HMRC to become a registered consignor.
Tell HMRC about cash payments for alcohol goods or alcohol-related services in duty suspension using form W7.
Claim exemption from registration if you make, or expect to make, less than 7,000 litres of cider or perry to sell in a rolling 12-month period.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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