Wines: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 10268 · Tabled 21 Oct 2024 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Ben Coleman
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an estimate of the administrative cost to wine sellers of the an alcohol excise duty regime based on taxing wine by strength.
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 29 Oct 2024
In August 2023 the Government introduced reforms to alcohol duty so that products are taxed in proportion to their alcoholic strength, not volume. To help the wine industry adapt to the new duty system, the temporary duty easement was introduced as a tran...