Soft Drinks Industry Levy

Please note: Soft Drinks Industry Levy guidance from HM Revenue & Customs can be found on the GOV.UK website. We provide links to the key information below.

Check if your drink is liable for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy
Find out which drinks are liable for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, and how much you may need to pay

Work out the sugar content of your diluted soft drink (notice 3)
How to work out the dilution ratio of your drink, and what records you need to keep about the dilution ratio for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy

Bringing drinks liable for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy into the UK
Find out if you need to register, report and pay the levy if you’re involved in bringing liable drinks into the UK

Check if you need to register for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy
You may need to register for the levy if you produce or package liable drinks, and you're not a small producer

Register for Soft Drinks Industry Levy
Find out when and how to register for the levy

What you'll be asked when you register for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (notice 1)
Information you'll need when you register for the levy or nominate premises as a registered warehouse

Register a warehouse for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy
Find out how and when to register a warehouse that you use to store drinks liable to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, to delay when the levy becomes due

Submit your Soft Drinks Industry Levy return
Use this online service to submit a return

Soft Drinks Industry Levy returns and records (notice 2)
What you need to include in your Soft Drinks Industry Levy return, how to correct an error in a previous return and what records to keep

Soft Drinks Industry Levy credit for exported drinks (notice 4)
Find out if you can claim a Soft Drinks Industry Levy credit for exported drinks, and what evidence you need to get and keep

Soft Drinks Industry Levy credit for lost or destroyed drinks (notice 4)
Find out if you can claim a Soft Drinks Industry Levy credit for lost or destroyed drinks, and what evidence you need to get and keep

Pay the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (notice 5)
Find out how to pay the levy or claim a levy credit

Soft Drinks Industry Levy penalties
Find out about penalties for registering, submitting returns, and paying the levy late, and how to appeal a penalty