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Introduced on 1 April 2001 under the Finance Act 2000, it was forecast to cut annual emissions by 2.5 million tonnes by 2010, and forms part of the UK's Climate Change Programme. [ citation needed ] The levy applies to most energy users, with the notable exceptions of those in the domestic and transport sectors.
Before the environmental protection tax was levied, many Chinese companies had to pay pollution discharge fees. Six years ago, the finance department of a thermal power plant in Chongqing calculated that if the power generation remained unchanged, the environmental protection tax to be paid would double the original pollution discharge fee ...
Landfill Tax was introduced in 1996 by Conservative Secretary of State for the Environment, John Gummer, and was the UK's first environmental tax. [3] [4] The tax is seen as a key mechanism in enabling the UK to meet its targets set out in the Landfill Directive for the landfilling of biodegradable waste.
According to the Amsterdam-based international environmental organisation Friends of the Earth (2005), aviation does not pay tax on fuel and aviation's expansion is fuelled by its exemption from taxes. In the UK, aviation got £9 billion tax free benefits in 2003.
Aggregates Levy receipts; Tax year Receipts (£) [5] 2002–03 247,000,000 2003–04 339,000,000 2004–05 334,000,000 2005–06 326,000,000 2006–07
The tax rates given for ... 20% corporate tax plus a 4% Jehad tax plus a 0.5% tax on corporate income to pay for stamp ... Environmental tax. Carbon; Eco-tariff;
UK income tax and National Insurance charges (2016–17) UK income tax and National Insurance as a percentage of taxable pay, and marginal income tax and NI rate (2016–17) Annual income percentiles for taxpayers in the UK, before and after income tax. In the SVG file, hover over a graph to highlight it.
The Zimbabwe Environmental Management Act of 2002 [20] [full citation needed] prohibits the discharge of pollutants into the environment. In line with the "Polluter Pays" principle, the Act requires a polluter to meet the cost of decontaminating the polluted environment. [21]