A High Court judge today criticised tax officials, saying HMRC’s conduct in a lawsuit relating to a £69m tax bill charged to a landfill company was “without precedent”, and “simply…
Environment Landfill tax
Environment – Landfill tax – Biomass – Appellant receiving biodegradable material into landfill site and using gas generation from its decomposition to generate electricity to sell to grid – Whether…
Sale of land – Insolvent company – Administration – Respondent administrators proposing to sell land acquired with funds distributed under Landfill Tax Regulations 1996 – Respondents wanting to use proceeds…
Landfill Tax, Insolvency
Hazardous waste – Pollutants – Appellant proposing to extract existing landfill waste and contain it – Appellant seeking exemption from landfill tax – Whether all relevant activities ceasing – Whether…
Environment – Landfill tax
Landfill tax — Exemption for works of restoration — Whether all landfill works undertaken pursuant to planning permission and licence amounting to restoration — Judge holding only works subsequent to…
Recycled waste used at landfill site for landscaping purposes — Whether use amounting to deposit of waste at landfill site — Whether use amounting to taxable disposal under section 40(1)…