Budget 2021 and Finance (No.2) Bill 2019-21
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented the 2021 Budget on 3 March, and the Finance (No.2) Bill 2019-21 was published on 11 March. The Bill's second reading is set provisionally for 13 April.
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Landfill tax : introduction & early history (154 KB, PDF)
Landfill tax was introduced on 1 October 1996: this country's first tax with an explicit environmental purpose. This note discusses the background to the tax's introduction. Two other notes look at recent developments concerning the tax, and at the landfill tax community fund – a tax credit scheme to reduce the environmental impact of landfill sites.
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Landfill tax : introduction & early history (154 KB, PDF)
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