- Bolt Services UK Limited falls within the Tour Operators Margin Scheme (TOMS) for mobile ride hailing services
- VAT is chargeable at the standard rate (20%) on Bolt’s supplies of ride-hailing services
- First-tier Tribunal (FTT) determined that Bolt should only account for VAT on its margin under TOMS
- Traditional taxi and private hire industry business model came under scrutiny with the rise of Uber in the UK
- Uber only accounted for VAT on the supplies of services it made to drivers, leading to public attention
- Employment case in 2016 started the shift in the VAT treatment of Uber’s services.
Source: icaew.com
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