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PPT registration
The HMRC Guidance issued on 15 March 2023, reminds businesses that they must register for the UK PPT if they:
Expect to import into the UK or manufacture in the UK 10 tonnes or more of finished plastic packaging components in the next 30 days
Have imported into the UK or manufactured in the UK 10 tonnes or more of finished plastic packaging components since 1 April 2022
Effective 31 March 2023, the retrospective test will apply on the last day of every month i.e., businesses must register for the PPT if they have imported into the UK or manufactured in the UK 10 tonnes or more of finished plastic packaging components in the previous 12 months.
PPT payment
Businesses need to pay the PPT if they have manufactured or imported plastic packaging components which contain less than 30% recycled plastic.
PPT rate increase
The tax came into force on 1 April 2022 and is charged at a rate of:
£200 per tonne from 1 April 2022
£210.82 per tonne from 1 April 2023
For additional information with respect to this Alert, please contact the following:
Ernst & Young LLP (United Kingdom), London
Danny Vu
- Alwyn Hopkins
For a full listing of contacts and email addresses, please click on the Tax News Update: Global Edition (GTNU) version of this Alert.
