Get access to the Alcohol Duty online service
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-18)

Enrol for the Manage your Alcohol Duty online service if you’re an approved alcoholic products producer.

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

You must be an approved producer of alcoholic products to enrol. If you’re not already an approved producer, find out how to get approval from HMRC (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-alcoholic-products-producer-approval-appa).

When you should enrol

As soon as you get your alcoholic products producer approval (APPA) ID, you should enrol onto the Manage your Alcohol Duty online service.

As an approved alcoholic products producer, you must submit monthly returns and payments using the service. You’ll need to submit a nil return even if you have not produced any alcohol in a month.

What you’ll need

You’ll need your 15-digit 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)
Get help to find your UTR (https://www.gov.uk/find-utr-number).

How to find your APPA ID

If you were already approved to produce alcoholic products before 1 February 2025 we’ll automatically migrate your separate registrations or licenses across to a single APPA. Your APPA ID will be in the online service letter we sent you in February 2025 to confirm this.

If the online service letter has not arrived by 25 February 2025, contact us by email at: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

This email should include your:
- business name
- registered business address and postcode
- Unique Taxpayer Reference
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 APPA ID, contact HMRC (https://www.gov.uk/find-hmrc-contacts/excise-warehousing-excise-goods-movements-and-alcohol-duties-enquiries).

Enrol online

To enrol in this service you’ll need an organisation Government Gateway user ID and password (https://www.gov.uk/log-in-register-hmrc-online-services/register). You will not be able to use a personal Government Gateway user ID to enrol.

Start now (https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/manage-alcohol-duty/enrol/approval-id)

Online services may be slow during busy times. Check if there are any problems with this service (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/get-access-to-manage-your-alcohol-duty-online-service-availability-and-issues).

Issues enrolling

If you’ve signed in to your 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 cannot access your business tax account, use the support links within Government Gateway for help.

After you’ve enrolled

Once you’re enrolled in the service, you’ll be able to:
- submit your Alcohol Duty return (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/submit-your-alcohol-duty-return)
- pay Alcohol Duty (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pay-alcohol-duty)
Get more information

For more detailed information about enrolling in the Manage your Alcohol Duty online service, read section 5 of the alcoholic products technical guide (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/alcoholic-products-technical-guide).