Post by acnedriver on Sept 3, 2022 8:57:22 GMT
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HM Revenue & Customs is chasing thousands of private hire drivers for unpaid tax as new registration requirements expose the scale of undeclared income among drivers who operate via online apps.
HMRC announced this week it will write to about 4,000 drivers who are booked via apps such as Uber, Ola and Bolt, whom it suspects may not have declared all of their income.
Since April, the government has made additional tax checks on the licence renewal applications of private hire drivers, a process that all taxi and private hire drivers go through every three years.
Steve McNamara, general secretary at the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, said that private hire drivers who had previously failed to pay their taxes are now being found out as they attempt to renew their licences without an HMRC code.
He said “many” private hire drivers, most of whom operate via the ride-sharing app Uber, have not been paying the right amount of tax and he expects there to be “tens of thousands more” over the next 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.
HM Revenue & Customs is chasing thousands of private hire drivers for unpaid tax as new registration requirements expose the scale of undeclared income among drivers who operate via online apps.
HMRC announced this week it will write to about 4,000 drivers who are booked via apps such as Uber, Ola and Bolt, whom it suspects may not have declared all of their income.
Since April, the government has made additional tax checks on the licence renewal applications of private hire drivers, a process that all taxi and private hire drivers go through every three years.
Steve McNamara, general secretary at the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, said that private hire drivers who had previously failed to pay their taxes are now being found out as they attempt to renew their licences without an HMRC code.
He said “many” private hire drivers, most of whom operate via the ride-sharing app Uber, have not been paying the right amount of tax and he expects there to be “tens of thousands more” over the next 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.