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Get access to the Alcohol Duty online service

Enrol for the Manage your Alcohol Duty online service if you바카라 사이트™re an approved alcoholic products producer.

Use the Manage your Alcohol Duty online service to submit monthly Alcohol Duty returns and payments.

You must be an approved producer of alcoholic products to enrol. If you바카라 사이트™re not already an approved producer, find out how to get approval from HMRC.

When you should enrol

As soon as you get your alcoholic products producer approval (APPA) ID, you should enrol onto the Manage your Alcohol Duty online service.

As an approved alcoholic products producer, you must submit monthly returns and payments using the service. You바카라 사이트™ll need to submit a nil return even if you have not produced any alcohol in a month.

What you바카라 사이트™ll need

You바카라 사이트™ll need your 15-digit APPA ID. The APPA ID is made up of 5 letters and 10 numbers (for example, XMADP0123459789).

You will also need one of the following:

  • your business postcode
  • your Corporation Tax Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR)
  • your Self Assessment Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR)

Get help to find your UTR.

How to find your APPA ID

If you were already approved to produce alcoholic products before 1 February 2025 we바카라 사이트™ll automatically migrate your separate registrations or licenses across to a single APPA. Your APPA ID will be in the online service letter we sent you in February 2025 to confirm this.

If the online service letter has not arrived by 25 February 2025, contact us by email at: nru.alcohol@hmrc.gov.uk.

This email should include your:

  • business name
  • registered business address and postcode
  • Unique Taxpayer Reference

If you applied for approval to produce alcoholic products after 1 February 2025, you can find your APPA ID in the approval letter that we sent to you.

If you do not have your APPAÌý±õ¶Ù,Ìýcontact excise and gambling duties enquiries.

Enrol online

To enrol in this service you바카라 사이트™ll need an organisation 바카라 사이트 Gateway user ID and password. You will not be able to use a personal 바카라 사이트 Gateway user ID to enrol.

Issues enrolling

If you바카라 사이트™ve signed in to your business tax account and cannot enrol onto the Manage your Alcohol Duty service, use the link 바카라 사이트˜is this page not working properly?바카라 사이트™ for support.

If you cannot access your business tax account, use the support links within 바카라 사이트 Gateway for help.

After you바카라 사이트™ve enrolled

Once you바카라 사이트™re enrolled in the service, you바카라 사이트™ll be able to:

Get more information

For more detailed information about enrolling in the Manage your Alcohol Duty online service, read section 5 of the alcoholic products technical guide.

Updates to this page

Published 11 December 2024
Last updated 1 March 2025 show all updates
  1. The section 'Enrol online' has been updated to clarify that you'll need an organisation 바카라 사이트 Gateway user ID and password to enrol in the service. You will not be able to use a personal 바카라 사이트 Gateway user ID to enrol.

  2. The section 'Apply online' has been added.

  3. Information about how to find your alcoholic products producer approval (APPA) ID, and what to do if you have issues enrolling in the service has been updated.

  4. Added translation

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