# Do Sample orders for leads count towards my Duty Return?

**URL:** <https://community.breww.com/t/do-sample-orders-for-leads-count-towards-my-duty-return/1219>\
**Category:** Help & advice\
**Tags:** samples, leads\
**Created:** [26 May 2022 16:39 UTC](https://community.breww.com/t/do-sample-orders-for-leads-count-towards-my-duty-return/1219 "2022-05-26T16:39:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![stuart-sutherland](https://community.breww.com/user_avatar/community.breww.com/stuart-sutherland/32/845_2.png) [@stuart-sutherland](https://community.breww.com/u/stuart-sutherland)\
**Post date:** [26 May 2022 16:39 UTC](https://community.breww.com/t/do-sample-orders-for-leads-count-towards-my-duty-return/1219/1 "2022-05-26T16:39:09Z")

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Hi,

If I put in a sample order for my new lead, does it go towards my duty return? I thought there was dispensation for business development samples?

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**Author:** ![matt-cousins](https://community.breww.com/user_avatar/community.breww.com/matt-cousins/32/3876_2.png) [@matt-cousins](https://community.breww.com/u/matt-cousins)\
**Post date:** [27 May 2022 14:43 UTC](https://community.breww.com/t/do-sample-orders-for-leads-count-towards-my-duty-return/1219/2 "2022-05-27T14:43:49Z")

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Hi Stuart,  
Welcome to the Breww Community!  
Yes, currently free sample orders within the Leads section of Breww will add duty to your return. We’re not in a position to give advice on the matter, but it is our understanding (from the UK’s perspective) that this sort of sample is duty-payable. If you read point 9.29 of the [beer duty publication](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/excise-notice-226-beer-duty/excise-notice-226-beer-duty--2) below, it states that unless the sample is for production testing and quality control purposes, duty is payable.

 ![Screenshot 2022-05-27 at 15.35.37](https://breww-community.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/1X/70da3cc7ad5759e3d1a357ec5c25d3d7edcd0648.png)

It is ultimately up to you to decide what is or isn’t duty payable. For beer that’s not duty payable, you can remove it from stock by doing a stock adjustment on the product, then recording the reason there.

Do let me know your thoughts if you disagree with any of this.  
Thanks,  
Matt