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V2086-23 ·17 July 2023 ·consulta-vinculante Medium impact
Tax

No liability for plastic packaging tax when no additional plastic is added during tray manufacturing

A manufacturer of plastic trays queried whether they are liable for the special tax on non-reusable plastic packaging when processing already taxed plastic coils. The DGT ruled that, as no additional plastic is incorporated, the manufacturing taxable event does not occur, and therefore the company is not a taxpayer.

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How it affects those involved

This ruling clarifies that the manufacturing stage for tax purposes only applies when new plastic material is added to the process, rather than simply reshaping existing taxed materials.

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2023-07-17PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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