Plastics: Taxation

(asked on 23rd November 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has he made of the proportion of (a) producers and (b) importers of plastic packaging that would be liable for the plastic tax that deal with (i) bio-based and (ii) compostable plastics.


Answered by
Kemi Badenoch Portrait
Kemi Badenoch
President of the Board of Trade
This question was answered on 26th November 2020

The Government carefully considered the impacts of the tax across the supply chain when making the decisions set out in the summary of responses to the consultation, which was published on 12 November. As per the Tax Information and Impact Note, the Government considered the overall impacts on up to an estimated 20,000 producers and importers of plastic packaging that would be liable for the tax, including those who produce bio-based and compostable packaging. The proportion of those liable for Plastic Packaging Tax that handle bio-based and compostable packaging will depend on business decisions. More information on impacts is available in the Tax Information and Impact Note:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introduction-of-a-new-plastic-packaging-tax/introduction-of-a-new-plastic-packaging-tax

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