Uber’s VAT battles illustrate different approaches to taxing the platform economy

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Uber’s VAT battles illustrate different approaches to taxing the platform economy

Alexander Hartley
March 21 2019
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Uber has been fighting on multiple fronts over its VAT obligations in different jurisdictions. Alexander Hartley examines how a settlement with the Egyptian authorities and an ongoing legal drama in the UK signal two different approaches to making the ‘platform economy’ subject to VAT rules.

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Alexander reports on indirect tax matters, BEPS, and related tax disputes. He is ITR’s main reporter on efforts to tax the digital economy, including digital services taxes and attempts at a multilateral reform of corporation tax.
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