Written Question·Treasury·UIN 10268

Wines: Excise Duties

Tabled: 21 October 2024
Answered: 29 October 2024

Question

Ben Coleman

LabourChelsea and Fulham

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

James Murray
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...

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