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Plastic bag environmental levy

  1. Overview
  2. Registering for the Plastic Bag Levy
  3. Returns and payment deadlines
  4. Filing returns and paying the levy
  5. Failure to file or pay on time
  6. What records should you keep?
  7. What checks will Revenue carry out?

What records should you keep?

The Regulations, referenced on the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment website, set out details of the records that retailers must keep. Retailers must at least keep records of:

  • an opening stock of plastic bags
  • a record of plastic bag purchases
  • a record of plastic bags supplied to customers where the Plastic Bags Levy applies.

The records must differentiate between:

  • plastic bags used to contain fresh meat, fish, ice, poultry, fruit, vegetables and other foods that are not otherwise packed
  • other plastic shopping bags.

Next: What checks will Revenue carry out?

Published: 30 May 2023 Print this page

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