The UK Treasury has issued a new consultation document to look at the definition of waste under its Landfill Tax scheme.
Less than a week after the UK Government fixed the annual price escalator on its Landfill Tax scheme at £8 per annum until 2013, the Treasury has issued a consultation document to look at the definition of what constitutes waste under the scheme. The document, entitled Modernising landfill tax legislation, cites last year’s Waste Recycling Group vs. HM Revenue & Customs case as a key driver for this change.
Full details of the story from online waste and recycling information portal MRW can be found here.
