VAT

The UK Supreme Court denied Uber's appeal in a case over VAT, forcing Uber to pay a 20% VAT on fares outside London while rival private taxi operators pay none

Sam Tobin / Reuters :

The UK stopped asking Uber to pay VAT on the full cost of rides, instead collecting VAT only on its commission, after a setback in a similar dispute with Bolt

Financial Times : X: @stephenfoley and @science1090 X: Stephen Foley / @stephenfoley : Uber wins multimillion-pound reprieve on disputed UK tax payments. Story with @rafeuddin_ & @EmmaAgyemang on HMR...

The UK stopped asking Uber to pay VAT on the full cost of rides, instead collecting VAT only on its commission, after a setback in a similar dispute with Bolt

HMRC has stopped demanding ridesharing company pay VAT on the full cost of rides after legal setback in related matter

Italy accuses Amazon of evading €1.2B in VAT payments; sources: the claim is linked to the sale of goods from China and other non-EU countries from 2019 to 2021

Financial Times :

Italy seizes ~€779M from Airbnb over some allegedly unpaid taxes, after reportedly investigating Meta earlier in 2023 regarding an alleged ~€870M in unpaid VAT

UK's HMRC tax authority seizes three NFTs in a £1.4M fraud case involving 250 alleged fake companies, the first UK law enforcement agency to seize an NFT

The UK tax authority has seized three Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) as part of a probe into a suspected a VAT fraud involving 250 alleged fake companies.

EU's Top Court Rules That Bitcoin Exchange Is Tax-Free

Virtually Charlie Osborne / ZDNet : Bitcoin evades VAT charge following European court ruling Alexander J Martin / The Register : No VAT on Bitcoin, rules ECJ, but capital gains still apply Rob Price ...

EU court rules ebooks are electronically provided services and not eligible for lower VAT rate

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters :