Ngomhla ziyi-12 kuNovemba 2021, i-HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) yashicilela intela entsha, i-Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT), ukuze ifake isicelo emaphaketheni epulasitiki akhiqizwa e-UK noma angeniswe e-UK.Isinqumo sishaywe umthetho kuMthethosivivinywa Wezezimali wezi-2021 futhi sizoqala ukusebenza kusukela mhla lu-1 kuMbasa wezi-2022.
I-HMRC ithe intela yokupakishwa kwepulasitiki yakhokhiswa ukuze kuthuthukiswe izinga lokugaywa kabusha nokuqoqwa kukadoti wepulasitiki kanye nokwengamela ukulawula kwabathumeli kwamanye amazwe emikhiqizweni yepulasitiki.
Okuqukethwe okuyinhloko kwesinqumo sentela yokupakisha yepulasitiki kufaka:
1. Izinga lentela elingaphansi kwama-30% okufakwa kabusha kwepulasitiki okugaywe kabusha lingu-£200 ngethani ngalinye;
2. Amabhizinisi akhiqiza kanye/noma angenisa ngaphansi kwamathani ayi-10 epulasitiki phakathi kwezinyanga eziyi-12 ngeke akhululwe;
3. Ukunquma ububanzi bentela ngokuchaza izinhlobo zemikhiqizo ekhokhiswa intela kanye nokuqukethwe okungagaywa kabusha;
4. Ukukhululwa enanini elincane labakhiqizi nabangenisa impahla ngaphandle;
5. Ubani onesibopho sokukhokha izintela udinga ukubhaliswa ne-HMRC;
6. Indlela yokuqoqa, ukubuyisela kanye nokuphoqelela izintela.
Intela ngeke ikhokhiswe ngamaphakeji epulasitiki kulezi zimo ezilandelayo:
1. Yiba nepulasitiki egaywe kabusha engu-30% noma ngaphezulu;
2. Yenziwe ngezinto ezihlukahlukene, ngesisindo, isisindo sepulasitiki asikho esindayo;
3. Ukukhiqiza noma ukungeniswa kwamanye amazwe kwemithi yabantu enelayisensi yokupakishwa ngqo;
4. Isetshenziswa njengepakethe yokuthutha ukungenisa imikhiqizo e-UK;
5. Ithunyelwa ngaphandle, igcwalisiwe noma ayigcwalisiwe, ngaphandle uma isetshenziswa njengepakethe yokuthutha ukuthumela umkhiqizo e-UK.
Ngakho, ubani onesibopho sokukhokha le ntela?
Ngokusho kwesinqumo, abakhiqizi base-UK bokufaka ipulasitiki, abangenisi bempahla yepulasitiki, amakhasimende ezentengiselwano abakhiqizi bamaphakethe epulasitiki nabangenisi, kanye nabathengi bezimpahla zokupakisha zepulasitiki e-UK banesibopho sokukhokha intela.Kodwa-ke, abakhiqizi nabangenisi bemali encane yokupakishwa kwepulasitiki bazothola ukukhululwa enteleni ukuze banciphise umthwalo wokuphatha ongalingani nentela ekhokhwayo.
Ngokusobala, i-PPT inethonya elibanzi kakhulu, ngokungangabazeki lakhala i-alamu kumabhizinisi afanele okuthekelisa kanye nabathengisi be-e-commerce abawela umngcele ukugwema ukuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo yepulasitiki ngezinga elikhulu ngangokunokwenzeka.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Apr-01-2022