{"id":21409,"date":"2026-01-02T13:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T12:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/uber-rewrites-contracts-with-drivers-to-avoid-paying-uks-new-taxi-tax\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T12:37:19","slug":"uber-rewrites-contracts-with-drivers-to-avoid-paying-uks-new-taxi-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/uber-rewrites-contracts-with-drivers-to-avoid-paying-uks-new-taxi-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber rewrites contracts with drivers to avoid paying UK\u2019s new \u2018taxi tax\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing app will now act as agent rather than supplier outside London, avoiding VAT requirement, although change is not permitted in London<\/p>\n<p>Uber has swerved paying millions of pounds to the UK exchequer under Rachel Reeves\u2019s new \u201ctaxi tax\u201d after the ride-hailing app rewrote contracts with its drivers.<\/p>\n<p>The move came as rules announced in November\u2019s budget took effect, which adjusted how VAT is payable on minicab fares and would have resulted in the whole Uber fare becoming subject to the 20% sales tax.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/02\/uber-avoids-new-uk-taxi-tax-rewriting-driver-contracts\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/58b58cf407ead7af5e46e81c006a1e2bdc1cd024\/994_0_5000_4000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ec817addf1d37c412f478f3e6e590592\" title=\"Uber rewrites contracts with drivers to avoid paying UK\u2019s new \u2018taxi tax\u2019\" \/>Hailing app will now act as agent rather than supplier outside London, avoiding VAT requirement, although change is not permitted in London<br \/>\nUber has swerved paying millions of pounds to the UK exchequer under Rachel Reeves\u2019s new \u201ctaxi tax\u201d after the ride-hailing app rewrote contracts with its drivers.<br \/>\nThe move came as rules announced in November\u2019s budget took effect, which adjusted how VAT is payable on minicab fares and would have resulted in the whole Uber fare becoming subject to the 20% sales tax. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing app will now act as agent rather than supplier outside London, avoiding VAT requirement, although change is not permitted in London Uber has swerved paying millions of pounds to the UK exchequer under Rachel Reeves\u2019s new \u201ctaxi tax\u201d after the ride-hailing app rewrote contracts with its drivers. The move came as rules announced in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/uber-rewrites-contracts-with-drivers-to-avoid-paying-uks-new-taxi-tax\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Uber rewrites contracts with drivers to avoid paying UK\u2019s new \u2018taxi tax\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21409"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}