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Environmental Taxation Fact File

TitleEnvironmental Taxation Fact File
AuthorJames Aitken
Publication Date01/09/2010
CategoryLegislation and Regulation
TypeCIWM magazine
Teaser TextClassifying environmental taxes is not easy because of the different forms they take and the different functions they perform. What are these taxes meant to achieve? Are they meant to change behaviour or raise revenue for the UK Government? That debate does not look like being settled any time soon. There are, however, six generally agreed environmental taxes in the UK: fuel duty, vehicle excise duty, air passenger duty, climate change levy, landfill tax and the aggregates levy

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