Sentence examples for environmental levy from inspiring English sources

BAA is subject to no environmental levy for damage caused by planes leaving airports.

English Heritage's £120,000 share has come from an environmental levy on quarrying firms.

A "chips tax" on unhealthy foodstuffs will be extended to alcoholic drinks, while an environmental levy will be extended to shampoo, soap and other products.

Among the possible additional tax measures discussed in its report, the O.E.C.D. suggested imposing a value-added tax on more items, as well as introducing other indirect taxes, like an environmental levy on water usage, which should also be part of an improvement in the management of Spain's natural resources through sounder pricing policies.

"The plans for costly additional red tape in the form of an environmental levy on carrier bags, after significant success recently in reducing the use of plastic bags by voluntary means, will only make a difficult situation even tougher for retail businesses".

Some of the big six firms are still lobbying for further cuts to environmental levies on bills.

The BBC said the government was demanding a price freeze until mid-2015 as part of a wider deal on environmental levies.

He proposes the burden of green taxes, such as social and environmental levies, should come off energy bills and be applied to general taxation.

The coalition has now scrapped environmental levies amounting to £50 a year per household if the cuts are passed on by energy companies.

There are fears within the green industry that the government will come under further pressure to cut environmental levies to pay for energy efficiency and low-carbon power.

Peter Atherton, an analyst with Liberum Capital in the City, said an 8% rise was "about the right level" given the increased cost of environmental levies and transmission charges.