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UK Alcohol Duty Calculator

Work out the Alcohol Duty attributable to a product, and whether it’s already sitting inside your product cost or needs adding separately to your profit and break-even ROAS calculations.

Using UK Alcohol Duty rates effective 1 February 2026 · Rates last checked 2026-08-06
01

Tell us about the product

Category, size, strength and how many units.

02

How did you acquire it?

Choose “Yes” when the cost you use elsewhere already includes UK Alcohol Duty. Choose “No” when you’re responsible for paying duty separately: producing, importing, or releasing alcohol from duty suspension.

03

Optional selling figures

Not required to calculate duty: shows duty against price and margin, and prefills the break-even ROAS handoff.

04

Where is this order going?

Exports don’t automatically zero out UK duty: it depends on your fulfilment and export procedures.

Estimated Alcohol Duty
£9.52
per bottle / container, spirits or spirit-based product at 40% ABV
Duty status unknown

Check your supplier invoice or product cost breakdown. If you bought finished, duty-paid stock, duty will normally already be included in the purchase cost. If you produce, import or release the alcohol from duty suspension, you may be responsible for duty separately.

Bottle / container volume
0.700 litres
Pure alcohol
0.280 litres
per unit: 0.280L
Applicable rate
£33.99
per litre of pure alcohol
Raw attributable duty
£9.51720
full precision, unrounded
HMRC-style estimate
£9.51
truncated total, not rounded
Additional duty to deduct
£9.52
per unit, in profit calculations
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The spreadsheet version, plus the note on Small Producer Relief and Draught Relief, not covered in this calculator yet.

This calculator provides an estimate for planning and profitability purposes. It is not tax, legal or accounting advice and does not determine which business is legally responsible for paying Alcohol Duty. Actual liability can depend on production, importation, warehousing, duty-suspension, export and relief arrangements. Verify your treatment with HMRC or a suitably qualified adviser.

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