【英国】Uber利用法律漏洞在英国避税

Loophole allows Uber to avoid UK tax, undercut rivals

Car serviceUber is using a gap in EU and UK tax rules to avoid incurring sales tax on thebooking fees it charges drivers in Britain, a practice a senior politician saidwas unfair to competitors and defied the intent of the law.

SanFrancisco-based Uber charges lower fares than rival ride hailing apps. InBritain, its competitors' fares include 20 percent value added tax (VAT) onbooking fees, but Uber's fares do not.

Uber is able toavoid VAT by exploiting a loophole in how the tax is collected forbusiness-to-business sales across EU borders, which arises because it treatsits 40,000 UK drivers as separate businesses, each too small to register forVAT.

It confirmed toReuters that it does not pay value added tax on the fees it charges Britishdrivers. By contrast, two of its main UK rivals, Gett and mytaxi, both saidthey do pay VAT on their fees. They declined to comment on Uber's practice.

    汽车服务业公司Uber正在利用欧盟和英国税收法规的漏洞，以避免对英国司机造成额外的销售税。一位高级政治家说，此举对竞争对手不公平，违反了法律的意图。

    总部位于旧金山的Uber收取的费用低于竞争对手的费用。在英国，其竞争对手需要缴纳20%的附加税，这源自于司机的登记费用，但是Uber却不用缴纳。

    Uber可以通过利用税收规定的漏洞来避免增值税，这是因为它将4万名英国司机视为单独的个体，规模小到无需缴纳增值税。

    对此，Uber已经确认并未缴纳增值税。相比之下，英国的两家主要竞争对手，Gett和mytaxi都表示，他们均缴纳了这部分费用。同时他们拒绝对Uber的做法发表评论。

（翻译：曹昀杰）

信息来源：

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/loophole-allows-uber-to-avoid-uk-tax-undercut-rivals/articleshow/59038918.cms