Alcohol Duty & VAT Calculator

**updated for new alcohol duty system effective 1st August 2023**

Use our alcohol tax calculator to convert between in bond (tax free) and excise duty / VAT paid prices for wine, spirits, beer and cider

UK Alcohol Duty & VAT Calculator

(new alcohol duty system from 1 August 2023)



Volume: x

before tax (in bond)
£

after excise duty
£

after excise duty & VAT
£

**Old Alcohol Duty System**

For historical reference only.
(Rates applied from 1/2/2019 to 31/7/2023)

UK Alcohol Duty & VAT Calculator


Volume: x

before tax (in bond)
£

after excise duty
£

after excise duty & VAT
£


Wine Transition Rate (until 31/1/2025): Wine between 11.5% and 14.5% abv treated as if it were 12.5% abv

Current excise duty rates were announced at the Spring Budget (23 March 2023) and took effect on 1 August 2023

Duty is rounded down to the nearest penny


Last updated: 1-Aug-2023

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