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Insolvency practitioner bulletin 5 (2025): excise and insolvency
This bulletin tells you about excise approvals and duty for insolvent customers.
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This bulletin explains about how excise approvals and duty apply when an HMRC customer enters into insolvency. The bulletin covers:
- excise records
- excise goods in insolvency
- excise approvals
- alcoholic products producer approval (APPA)
- the alcohol wholesaler registration scheme (AWRS)
- denatured alcohol products
- duty free spirits
- warehousekeepers and Owners of Warehouse Goods (WOWGR)
- registered dealers in controlled oil (RDCO)
- tobacco manufacturers, factories, and stores
- Tobacco Products Duty: Raw Tobacco Approval Scheme (RTAS)
- temporary approvals
- pre-pack administrations
- excise goods owned by insolvent customers
Updates to this page
Published 14 April 2025
Last updated 18 November 2025
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The links to use to contact HMRC have been updated.
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First published.
Update history
2025-11-18 12:24
The links to use to contact HMRC have been updated.
2025-04-14 09:00
First published.