Cider: Excise Duties

(asked on 3rd October 2016) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to change the current duty structure for cider in the light of their statement that alcohol duties should be directly proportional to alcohol content.


Answered by
Lord Young of Cookham Portrait
Lord Young of Cookham
This question was answered on 17th October 2016

Current rules require that cider duty is structured in bands according to the strength of the product.

The government continues to keep all taxes under review, and in that context is considering the views of stakeholders.

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