Submit an excise warehouse return for alcohol, tobacco goods and vaping products

All excise warehousekeepers dealing with alcohol, tobacco goods and vaping products need to submit a monthly return for each set of premises they operate.

Returns must be received within 14 days of the end of each return period.

You can submit a return on a non-standard period basis. However these periods must have been agreed with us before 1 March each year, for the next financial year.

Non-standard periods must be no longer than 5 weeks and returns must be submitted following the agreement made.

Before submitting online, you must register and enrol for the Alcohol and Tobacco Warehousing Declarations (ATWD) service.

Benefits if you send a return using the online service include:

Submitting using the XML Direct Submission service

To submit using XML you will need to be registered as a software developer this lets you send the data directly from your computer system to HMRC. You will not need to key-in the information. Submitting this way will not allow HMRC to access or interrogate your computer system.

You can submit your return using the Excise Warehouse Return (W1) print and post form.