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Find out how to decide what checks to make if you manufacture, import or buy plastic packaging from another business, and examples of checks you can carry out.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
If you need to submit packaging data under extended producer responsibility for packaging, this spreadsheet can help you generate a valid packaging data file
How to register for Plastic Packaging Tax.
Check when packaging is classified as a finished plastic packaging component, and what is meant by substantial modifications, to find out if you must register for the tax.
We work with organisations across the UK that produce radioactive waste.
£16.6 million investment announced today to give semiconductor researchers and businesses access to new equipment helping them test and make chips for use in high-energy machines like electric cars and manufacturing equipment.
Find out about the Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme.
Guidance for organisations who may need to report packaging data because they are affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging
Learn more about the support available to tax agents and advisers which will help you and your clients.
If pharmacies wish to ‘pack down’ larger packs of a medicinal product, they need to follow these instructions
How to work out the weight of plastic packaging components and each material used to make them, to check if you must register for Plastic Packaging Tax and include them on your return.
How and when to register updated packaging and information leaflets when new national marketing authorisations have been issued
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Find out if you need to report packaging data under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to structure your packaging data submission. It includes information about the different types of data you need to submit and the codes you need to use.
Sign in or create an account for your organisation to report packaging data. This means it can comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Check what processes are considered as insufficient production under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Find out which plastic packaging components are in and out of scope of Plastic Packaging Tax.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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