Simon Goodley / The Guardian:

Uber rewrote its UK driver contracts to act as an agent, rather than a supplier, of taxi services outside London, to avoid the UK's new 20% “taxi tax” on fares  —  Hailing app will now act as agent rather than supplier outside London, avoiding VAT requirement

Simon Goodley / The Guardian:

Uber rewrote its UK driver contracts to act as an agent, rather than a supplier, of taxi services outside London, to avoid the UK's new 20% “taxi tax” on fares  —  Hailing app will now act as agent rather than supplier outside London, avoiding VAT requirement

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