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Compliance checks: Excise visits — CC/FS16

This factsheet explains why HMRC visits a premises to inspect excise goods and any items linked to those goods or relevant services.

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From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published:
14 June 2012
Last updated:
20 March 2026
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  1. The factsheet has been updated to include the Welsh translation.

  2. The factsheet has been updated to include Vaping Products Duty and Vaping Duty Stamps Scheme. A new section ‘More information online about compliance checks’ has been added. ‘Alcoholic Liquor Duties’ has been updated to ‘Alcoholic Products’.

  3. The ‘If you need help’ section has been updated to include how to get help from HMRC if you need extra support. Information about the HMRC privacy notice has been added.

  4. The factsheet has been updated on page 2 to add Soft Drinks Industry Levy (from 6 April 2018).

  5. The factsheet has been updated for customers who need extra support.

  6. CC/FS16 factsheet has been updated.

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