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Declare VAT due on alcoholic products (EX46(VAT))

Declare VAT due on alcoholic products under duty suspension using the online or postal form EX46(VAT).

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Fill in this form for alcoholic products you鈥檙e removing from duty suspension, that have been supplied to you, or imported by you under duty suspension.

You can either:

  • use the online service if you鈥檙e approved to produce beer
  • fill in form on-screen, print and post to HMRC if you鈥檙e approved to produce cider, wine, spirits or other fermented products

To use the online service, you need a Government Gateway user ID and password. If you do not have a user ID, you can create one when you use the service.

If you use the online form, you鈥檒l get a reference number that you can use to track the progress of your form.

Email HMRC to ask for this form in Welsh (Cymraeg).

Before you start using the postal form

If you鈥檙e using an older browser, for example, Internet Explorer 8, you鈥檒l need to update it or use a different browser. Find out more about browsers.

You鈥檒l need to fill in the form fully before you can print it. You cannot save a partly completed form so gather all your information together before you start to fill it in.

Read the alcoholic products technical guide.聽This guide explains the effects of the law and regulations covering the production, storage and accounting for duty on alcoholic products.

Updates to this page

Published 7 January 2013
Last updated 27 February 2025 show all updates
  1. The 鈥楧eclare VAT by post鈥� form link has been updated.

  2. Information about when to use the online service and print and post forms has been updated.

  3. An online forms service is now available.

  4. Help and guidance to form EX 46 (VAT) added.

  5. First published.

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