Consultation outcome

Carbon Emissions Tax

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
This consultation has concluded

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Summary of Responses to the Consultation

Detail of outcome

This document provides a summary of the responses to the consultation. In December 2020, the government confirmed that it would implement a UK Emissions Trading System from 1 January 2021, and that the Carbon Emissions Tax would not be implemented.


Original consultation

Summary

We welcome comments on our questions about how, if introduced, the Carbon Emissions Tax would operate and on proposals for development of the tax.

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Consultation description

This consultation sets out how the Carbon Emissions Tax would operate if it was introduced from 1 January 2021 and proposes how the tax might be developed.

It will be of interest to permit holders for installations that would have to pay the tax and to sectors, such as aviation, which could become liable to the tax in the future.

Before submitting your response, you can read the consultation document on this page.

Please note that responses must be provided using email as our offices are closed due to coronavirus (COVID-19).

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Carbon Emissions Tax

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Updates to this page

Published 21 July 2020
Last updated 23 March 2021 + show all updates
  1. Published the final outcome of the consultation.

  2. First published.

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