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Alcopop tax; application for a permit for tax-free use

Alcopops can be used tax-free for certain commercial purposes. You need a permit for this.

Forms

Responsible for you

Hauptzollamt Augsburg

Street address

Prinzregentenplatz 3
86150 Augsburg

Postal address

Postfach 101765

86007 Augsburg

Website

www.zoll.de

Procedure details

If you want to use alcopops tax-free, you must submit a written application to your local main customs office. The main customs office will issue the permit subject to revocation if there are no concerns about your tax reliability.

With the permit, you can purchase untaxed alcopops from a German tax warehouse. A tax warehouse is a location approved by the main customs office where alcopops may be produced, processed, treated, stored, received or dispatched.

Alcopops are exempt from alcopop tax if they are used commercially as follows:

  • undenatured for the production of flavorings for the flavoring of foodstuffs
  • undenatured for the production of chocolates with an alcohol content of no more than 8.5 liters of alcohol per 100 kilograms or other foodstuffs with an alcohol content of no more than 5 liters of alcohol per 100 kilograms

The permit lists certain obligations that you must observe. If you do not comply with these, you may be subject to restrictions that can lead to the permit being revoked.

You are tax reliable.

  • Required Documents

    Dem Antrag müssen Sie folgende Unterlagen in 2-facher Ausfertigung beilegen:

    • ein Plan des Betriebs, in dem die beantragten Lager- und Verwendungsorte der Alkopops eingezeichnet sind, mit Angabe der Anschriften
    • eine Betriebserklärung über den genauen Zweck und die Art und Weise der Verwendung der Alkopops (Formular 2741 "Betriebserklärung – Anlage zum Formular 2740")
    • bei Unternehmen und anderen Einrichtungen:  
      • aktueller Auszug des Handels-, Partnerschafts-, Genossenschafts- oder Vereinsregisters oder
      • Kopie der Gewerbeanmeldung oder 
      • Kopie des Gesellschaftervertrags

    Im Einzelfall kann Ihr Hauptzollamt weitere Unterlagen anfordern oder auf bestimmte Anforderungen verzichten.

You must apply for the permit in advance in writing to the responsible main customs office.

  • Download form 2740 "Application for tax-free use" (form 2740) with the "Business declaration" (form 2741) from the customs administration website.
  • Complete the form in full, compile the remaining required documents and send them by post to your main customs office.
  • The main customs office will check your application.
  • You will receive notification of approval or rejection.

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You must apply for the permit before the planned start of use.

The processing time depends on the specific circumstances of each individual case, in particular the result of the examination of the actual operating conditions. As the time periods vary greatly here, no standard processing time can be specified.

  • Objection. Detailed information on how to lodge an objection can be found in your notification of the permit applied for.
  • Appeal to the tax court

  • Report transport of untaxed alcopops

    If you want to transport untaxed alcopops, you need a special permit and registration to participate in the computerised Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS).

  • Alcopop tax; application for a permit to handle untaxed alcopops

    If you handle alcopops that are not taxed, you will need a permit in many cases. This is the case when producing, handling, processing, storing, receiving or sending alcopops.

  • Apply for tax relief for alcopops

    If you can prove that you have paid tax on alcopops, you can receive a refund, remission or reimbursement of the alcopop tax under certain conditions.

  • Pay alcopop tax

    If you produce or import alcopops, you must pay alcopop tax and additional alcohol tax under certain conditions.

Status: 09.03.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Source: Federal Portal
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