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Plastic Packaging Tax

At Beyondly, we make Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) compliance simple. We provide hands-on Plastic Packaging Tax consultation to help businesses confirm their PPT liabilities and understand the impact of the tax, including financial, data, and reporting obligations.

While final compliance is granted directly by HMRC, our team of experts help your business identify key impacts and supports you with data gathering as well as PPT submission. 

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What is the Plastic Packaging Tax, and why was it introduced?

Plastic Packaging Tax is a levy administered by HMRC that applies to plastic packaging manufactured in or imported into the UK that contains less than 30% recycled plastic content. 

It was introduced in 2022 as an economic incentive for businesses to use recycled plastic in plastic packaging, helping to divert waste away from landfill and transition to a circular economy.

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Who needs to comply with PPT?

If your UK business produces or imports more than 10 tonnes of plastic packaging each year, you will need to navigate Plastic Packaging Tax compliance.

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How we help you navigate Plastic Packaging Tax compliance

Understanding your requirements for Plastic Packaging Tax can be time-consuming, which is where Beyondly comes in. While you will achieve compliance with HMRC, Beyondly helps you understand your responsibilities, gather data on the recycled content, collect valid evidence of recycled content, prepare and submit tax returns and explore alternative packaging and supplier options. 

Many businesses find gathering evidence for PPT exemptions so difficult and time-consuming that they opt to pay the PPT costs instead. However, it is important that, as businesses continue to become more sustainable, they are actively driving their environmental progress.

Why choose Beyondly for Plastic Packaging Tax consultation?

At Beyondly, our team of Plastic Packaging Tax consultants help your business meet the requirements of the Plastic Packaging Tax. Here are some of the ways we can support you in this process:

  • Plastic Packaging Tax Consultant: You are assigned a dedicated Plastic Packaging Tax Consultant; from a team backed by over 20 years of experience. 

  • Data Management: We collect, validate and prepare all the data you need to complete your tax return, allowing you to upload everything to the HMRC portal with ease.

  • Impact Assessment: We’ll help you to understand your specific plastic tax liability, credits and PPT exemptions, as well as the effects of the tax on your business, including financial, data and reporting.

Plastic Packaging Tax Compliance FAQs

As of 1 April 2026, the PPT rate is £228.82 per tonne. 

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Sustainable Packaging

Work with us to be confident your packaging materials and formats are ready for future regulatory changes, minimise financial obligations and lifecycle impact. Our friendly team of experts can review your packaging to better understand it’s impact and help you take action to reduce performance across the packaging life cycle.

We've always found Beyondly very easy to deal with, with prompt response to queries or requests and the explanations provided have always been really clear and easy to understand. Everyone we deal with is always friendly and helpful.