Increase due to the Treasury sets 2018 landfill tax rates could effect skip hire In Birmingham
Landfill Tax rates from 1 April 2018 have been confirmed by the Treasury today (8 March 2017) and are to be set at £88.95 per tonne for standard rate material and £2.80 per tonne for lower rate material.
Tax rates
The landfill tax will rise from both April 1 2017 and a year later in line with RPI – no indication of rates beyond April 1 2019 have yet been given by the Treasury.
Landfill tax rates are shown in the table below.
| £ per tonne landfill tax | 1 April 2016 | 1 April 2017 | 1 April 2018 |
| Standard rate | 84.40 | 86.10 | 88.95 |
| Lower rate | 2.65 | 2.70 | 2.80 |
Could this effect you??
Will this effect you hiring a skip in Birmingham? No, here at call a skip hire Birmingham we work tirelessly to recycle as much of your waste as possible so that is doesnt end up at Landfill, therefore you wont incur and price increases from the landfill tax increase.
