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Sign the petition to stop the landfill tax increase

Posted by Guy on May 29, 2012 at 9:27pm in Waste
Further to the recent topic concerning the huge increase in landfill tax announced this month by HMRC that will add dramatically to the cost of skips and waste, here is a link to a petition being organised to change the policy. I believe this is a poorly thought out bit of legislation that will have a dramatic impact on our industry and we need to rally behind skip companies and the construction industry in campaigning against it. Think about it like this, it cost around £60 to buy a reasonable tonne load of topsoil. To get rid of it will now cost more than double that. The mind boggles. Sign the petition an get behind this campaign. http://www.skiphiremagazine.co.uk/
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  • Craig McGibbon May 29, 2012 at 9:57pm

    done

  • Chris @ Tidy Garden Company May 29, 2012 at 10:24pm

    increasing the price of waste disposal is obviously the best way to solve the issue of fly tipping

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    Brian www.mibservices.co.uk May 29, 2012 at 10:45pm

    Done

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    Phil Voice May 30, 2012 at 7:57am

    HMRC - A general guide to Landfill Tax May 2012

  • Stuart Land-Scape.co.uk May 30, 2012 at 5:47pm

    absolutely insane.  i feel like lynching an hmrc employee.

    and the way things are going, i could probably get arrested for writing that.

    what idiots are our taxes paying to come up with stuff like this?

  • Mark Watson May 31, 2012 at 8:36am

    Done. A job destroying, poorly thought out tax. I recurring theme with this "government".

  • Guy June 1, 2012 at 9:12am
    More than 1500 signatures so far and apparently the issue had a mention in the Sun this week. Skip companies are threatening to block Trafalgar Square over the Jubilee weekend if the tax isn't frozen to allow for further consultations with industries effected by this. Things are heating up on this issue so here's praying for a pasty tax u-turn. More signatures are needed though.
  • Thermo June 1, 2012 at 3:10pm

    looks like there has been some form of u-turn or clarification in the breaking news...heres hoping!

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    Gary RK June 1, 2012 at 4:55pm
    HMRC 'clarifies' guidance and blames skip companies for recent uproar over increases to land fill tax:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/01/hmrc-landfill-cha...
  • Mark Watson June 1, 2012 at 5:23pm

    Well that's nice and clear then.Sorted.

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