landfill tax News
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An end to landfill tax refunds – HM Revenue & Customs
The HMRC has restated that waste being used on landfill sites for roads, capping and liners will be subject to landfill tax. This adjustment comes in response to increasing numbers of refund claims by waste companies for past landfill tax payments and who, according to the HMRC, are challenging “the boundaries of landfill tax legislation”. The new adjustments are already being ...
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‘Clearer’ landfill tax regime expected in summer 2017
From April, the standard rate of tax will rise from a current level of £84.40 per tonne to £86.10, and the lower rate from £2.65 per tonne to £2.70 per tonne. However, proposals to change the definition of ‘taxable disposal’ which had also been expected to come into force tomorrow – detailing exemptions from the landfill tax – are now expected to ...
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Treasury set to give back £300m in landfill tax revenue to firms and councils
The Treasury is set to return £300 million to firms and councils in landfill tax revenue in the wake of the Waste Recycling Group v. HM Revenue and Customs case on landfill tax. In July 2008, the waste firm WRG won its case against HMRC. The case debated what constituted a taxable disposal of waste at a landfill site, based on differing interpretations. The case ruled in favour of WRG that ...
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UK council bosses want landfill tax to be capped
Taxpayers might be in for a scare as a recent article reveals that landfill charges are set to cost local taxpayers almost three-quarters of a billion pounds next year. These charges were revealed according to a new analysis carried out by the Local Government Association (LGA), the inflation busting 11% automatic increase set by the Government is being imposed despite the amount of household ...
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Treasury proposes changes to landfill tax system
The Treasury has launched a consultation on modernising the landfill tax system which includes plans to change the definitions of taxable disposal of waste at a landfill site and inert wastes. The document titled Modernising landfill tax legislation cites last year’s Waste Recycling Group vs. HM Revenue & Customs case as a key driver for this change. The case debated what constituted a ...
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