Rival taxi operators will not face a 20% tax charge on their profit margins outside London
Business live – latest updates
Uber’s rival taxi operators will not have to pay 20% VAT on their profits outside London after the UK supreme court ruled that private-hire operators do not enter into a contract with passengers.
Uber had brought the case after a 2021 decision by the supreme court that its drivers were workers, which had an impact on Uber’s tax and other obligations.
The company sought a declaration that private-hire taxi operators enter into a contract with passengers and the high court in London ruled in its favour in 2023.
