Claim Alcoholic Ingredients Relief
Use the online service or print and post form (EX597) to claim relief on excise duty when you use alcohol in the production or manufacture of eligible articles.
Who can claim
Use the service or form to claim relief on excise duty on spirits, beer, wine, other fermented products, cider and perry when you use alcohol as an ingredient in:
- drinks that are 1.2% alcohol by volume (ABV) or less
- chocolates for human consumption containing no more than 8.5 litres of alcohol for every 100kg of chocolate
- other foods for human consumption containing no more than 5 litres of alcohol for every 100kg of the final product
- vinegar
To claim relief you鈥檒l need to consider if your product is eligible and calculate your claim amount.
What you need
You鈥檒l need:
- your Customer Reference Number (also known as ETMP number) 鈥� if you鈥檝e claimed before, this is the 15 digit reference number we sent you with the remittance advice from your last claim
- your registered business postcode
- the start and end dates for your claim
- details of the final product or final products you鈥檙e claiming for, including final product quantity in kilograms 鈥� you鈥檒l also need to give details in a separate document of all products made if:
- there are 10 or more final products and you use the online service
- there are 20 or more final products and you use the print and post form
- the address where alcoholic product is produced or manufactured
- your worksheet showing how you arrived at your claim figure
- details of your new bank or address details (if these have changed)
- details of any under or over-declarations from previous accounting periods 鈥� these must be broken down by final product and included in your worksheet
If you鈥檙e a new user, you鈥檒l also need:
- your company Unique Taxpayer Reference
- copies of invoices from the suppliers showing evidence of duty payments
- proof that your product is eligible
- recipes or production sheets that show the alcoholic product used in an eligible product
Make a claim
If you have not made a claim before
You鈥檒l need to use the print and post form (EX597) so we can send you a Customer Reference Number (also known as ETMP number). You can use this to submit future claims using the online service.
To use this form, you鈥檒l need to:
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Get all of your information together before you start. You will fill this form in online and you cannot save your progress.
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Fill in .
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Print and post it to HMRC, using the postal address shown on the form.
If you鈥檝e claimed before
You can use the online service. To make a claim you鈥檒l need a Government Gateway user ID and password. If you do not have a user ID, you can create one when you claim.
If you cannot claim relief online, you can also use the print and post form (EX597).