Bag Tax

Nanpy

Do businesses that use plastic bags for packing when despatching by mail or carrier have to charge the 5p? What if the goods are going to the mainland (excluding Wales) where they don't have the bag tax?

I'm assuming they don't, otherwise it would be affecting the competitiveness of local businesses which I assume is still considered a bad thing, yeh?

MercenaryMan

Nanpy wrote: »

Do businesses that use plastic bags for packing when despatching by mail or carrier have to charge the 5p? What if the goods are going to the mainland (excluding Wales) where they don't have the bag tax?

From the rules...

Charged:

when you make an internet purchase (for goods which are delivered in single use carrier bags and dispatched from Northern Ireland premises)

Exempt:

specialist bags such as mail order dispatch and courier bags

So it is unlikely to apply to anything delivered by post/courier.

energy80s wrote:

Very peed off that Subway are charging 5p to put their sandwiches into their plastic carriers

Exempt:

bags used to contain take-away hot food and hot drinks

Ignorance or profiteering? If the franchisee charges you the same whether you take away or sit in they're gouging you twice as there's no VAT on take away food.

qwert_yuiop

jeffer wrote: »

My opinion is that this is a political tax in this country - Sinn Fein (who first proposed it) are crowing over the fact that NI is now in line with the rest of 'the Island of Ireland'.

It was actually the Greens who pushed for it first. If that's the rationale and I don't think it is, how about 50 euro every time you go to the GP? There's nothing makes you feel more British than having the receptionist present you with a bill, I can tell you. Except possibly when you have to call the fire brigade and they give you a 500 euro burn.

GlynD

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

It was actually the Greens who pushed for it first. If that's the rationale and I don't think it is, how about 50 euro every time you go to the GP? There's nothing makes you feel more British than having the receptionist present you with a bill, I can tell you. Except possibly when you have to call the fire brigade and they give you a 500 euro burn.

Seeing as our currency is Sterling I can't see that happening.

jeffer

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

It was actually the Greens who pushed for it first. If that's the rationale and I don't think it is, how about 50 euro every time you go to the GP? There's nothing makes you feel more British than having the receptionist present you with a bill, I can tell you. Except possibly when you have to call the fire brigade and they give you a 500 euro burn.

Trust our canny MLAs to cherry-pick the easier targets. Charges for GPs would hardly be a vote-catcher!:rotfl:

As for the Greens, since when has anyone taken notice of what they proposed - what have they got - a total of one MLA?:D

GlynD

jeffer wrote: »

Trust our canny MLAs to cherry-pick the easier targets. Charges for GPs would hardly be a vote-catcher!:rotfl:

As for the Greens, since when has anyone taken notice of what they proposed - what have they got - a total of one MLA?:D

Apparantly the executive is delivering though, according to the Chuckle Brothers on the BBC last night. It seems the problem is that we, the electorate, just can't see the good that is being done.

bridgend_girl

Hate to add to your 'worries' but in Wales chippies charge too. Even more confusing is that when you go to McDonalds you get the chips in a paper bag free but the burger in its paper wrapper next to it. To have the burger in a bag costs 5p! I'm so used to it I don't notice it but it was strange for the first year or so...