Spirits: Taxation

(asked on 12th February 2015) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of how much consumers of spirits paid in duty, tax and VAT in the latest period for which figures are avaiable.


Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
This question was answered on 24th February 2015

Receipts from duties on spirits that are released for consumption in the UK are published in our monthly alcohol bulletin:

https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx

Information on VAT paid by consumers on spirits is not available. HM Revenue & Customs do not collect data on VAT receipts by individual goods or services.

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