Get access to the Alcohol Duty online service

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

Who needs to enrol

You must already be an approved producer of alcoholic products.

Before producingFind alcoholicout products,how youto must first get approval from HMRC.

Before you start

You’ll need your 15-digit alcoholic products producer approval (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)

How

Get help to find your alcoholicUTR productsnumber.

How producerto approvalfind (your APPA) ID

YouIf canyou findwere already approved to produce alcoholic products before 1 February 2025 we’ll automatically migrate your separate registrations or licenses across to a single alcoholic products producer approval (APPA). Your APPA ID onwill eitherbe in the online service letter orwe sent you in February 2025 to confirm this.

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 your APPA ID,  ID, contact excise and gambling duties enquiries.

Issues enrolling

If youyou’ve dosigned notin haveto your UTR,business tax account and cannot enrol onto the Manage your Alcohol Duty service, use the link ‘is this page not working properly?’ for support.

If you cancannot findaccess your UTRbusiness numbertax account, contact excise and gambling duties enquiries.

After you’ve enrolled

Once you’re enrolled in the service, you’ll be able to submit your Alcohol Duty return.

Get more information

For more detailed information, read the alcoholic products technical guide.