Written Question·Treasury·UIN 10269

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 she will make an assessment of the potential impact on small and medium-sized wine traders of the introduction of a tax-by-strength alcohol excise duty regime within one year.

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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