UK's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is chasing hundreds of rent drivers for unpaid tax as new registration necessities expose the dimensions of undeclared revenue amongst drivers who function through on-line apps. HMRC is going to write to about 4,000 drivers who’re booked through apps equivalent to Uber, Ola and Bolt, whom it suspects might not have declared all of their revenue.
Since April, the federal government has made extra tax checks on the licence renewal functions of personal rent drivers, a course of that each one taxi and personal rent drivers undergo each three years.
Steve McNamara, basic secretary on the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, mentioned that personal rent drivers who had beforehand didn’t pay their taxes are actually being came upon as they try and renew their licences without an HMRC code.
He mentioned “many” personal rent drivers, most of whom function through the ride-sharing app Uber, haven’t been paying the correct quantity of tax and he expects there to be “tens of thousands more” over the subsequent two and a half years as licences are renewed.
“The Revenue has been missing out on tens of thousands [of pounds] of income for years,” he added. HMRC mentioned the lacking taxes had been amongst personal rent drivers who function on reserving apps - not “black cab” taxi drivers, who’ve separate licensing necessities. McNamara added that there are about 22,000 black cab drivers and greater than 100,000 personal rent drivers in London.
