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Alcoholic Ingredients Relief

AIR4000 · Alcoholic Ingredients Relief: Technical guidance

  • AIR4010 · Why do we need an alcoholic ingredients relief regime?
  • AIR4020 · What is Alcoholic Ingredients Relief (AIR)?
  • AIR4030 · Who can claim the relief?
  • AIR4040 · Are claimants required to be authorised or licensed?
  • AIR4050 · What are the claimant's responsibilities?
  • AIR4060 · How are claims made?
  • AIR4080 · Are there any other conditions that claimants must comply with?
  • AIR4090 · Can relief be claimed on behalf of another person or company?
  • AIR4110 · How do I assess the eligibility of finished products?
  • AIR4120 · Are claimants required to test every batch of their product to ascertain eligibility?
  • AIR4130 · Are claims based on the alcohol remaining in the eligible product or the amount used in the production or manufacturing process?
  • AIR4140 · What about eligible articles with short lives?
  • AIR4150 · Are losses allowable under the AIR regime?
  • AIR4160 · Does AIR apply to mixtures containing ethanol for use as, for example, a sugar coating for sweets?
  • AIR4170 · Is duty payable on spirits based flavours, essences etc received from other EC Member States?
  • AIR4180 · What about spirits based essences/flavourings manufactured in the UK for distribution within the UK?
  • AIR4190 · Do traders who deal wholesale in flavours/essences need to be approved?
  • AIR4200 · Can traders who only supply spirits based flavours, essences, etc apply for an excise warehouse?
  • AIR4210 · What about traders who use essences in the manufacture of liqueurs?
  • AIR4220 · And what about 'alcopops'?
  • AIR4230 · What documentation is required for intra-EU movements of essences? (applicable to Northern Ireland only)
  • AIR4240 · And third country imports?
  1. Alcoholic Ingredients Relief: Technical guidance: contents
  2. Alcoholic Ingredients Relief: Technical guidance: Are losses allowable under the AIR regime?

AIR4150 | Alcoholic Ingredients Relief: Technical guidance: Are losses allowable under the AIR regime?

From HM Revenue & Customs · Alcoholic Ingredients Relief

Yes. But, the claimant must record in his records:

  • losses in storage;

  • accidental losses in process;

  • investigations into the losses, including any management decisions taken, and

  • report more serious losses and deficiencies.

You should agree with the claimant a level at which a loss should be reported. Obviously, a large loss for one company will be negligible for another.

Any losses for which the claimant cannot provide a satisfactory explanation should not be repaid.

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