Landfill tax continues to fulfil its primary objective of encouraging environmentally positive behaviour. As a fiscal tool it is working well. Landfill is down 60% since its introduction, and the Landfill Communities Fund has provided £1.5bn to environmental bodies. But …
HMRC’s work with the Environment Agency Guest blog by Judith Kelly, OBE, HMRC’s Deputy Director of Environmental Tax Policy. Some operators are acting outside of the law by describing the waste they deal with incorrectly to pay a different rate …
Reducing waste crime and poorly operated waste management sites are high on our list of priorities at the Environment Agency. In the March Budget, the government announced a welcome additional £4.2 million of funding from the community landfill tax scheme to support our …
