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Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
Find out which plastic packaging components are exempt or excluded from the tax, and if the packaging counts towards the 10-tonne threshold for registration.
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.
How to register for Plastic Packaging Tax.
Regulatory Policy Committee opinion on Defra's Banning of various single-use plastic (SUP) products IAs
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
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.
A collection of guidance you should follow for Plastic Packaging Tax.
Some of the most polluting single-use plastic items banned from 1 October
Get help to classify various types of wood for import and export.
Who needs to register for the tax and when, and what you must do before you register.
Defra wants your views on a plan to ban the supply of single-use plastic items and polystyrene food and drink containers.
When you may receive a Plastic Packaging Tax penalty, what you could be charged and how this is calculated.
UK signs Ministerial Statement calling for an ambitious global plastic pollution treaty to tackle plastic pollution and protect the marine environment.
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.
You can get relief on exported and converted packaging in the same accounting period or claim a credit for them on a later tax return.
Find out which plastic packaging components are in and out of scope of Plastic Packaging Tax.
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