Written Question·Treasury·UIN 28007

Waste Disposal: Taxation

Tabled: 3 February 2025

Answered: 10 February 2025

Question

Sir Alec Shelbrooke

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the misclassification of waste into the wrong landfill tax band by the operators of licensed sites on the level of unpaid landfill tax.

Answer

James Murray

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimates the size of the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and what is actually paid. These statistics are published annually and are available at: Measuring ...

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