- The UK 2026 Budget may require ride-sharing platforms like Uber and Bolt to collect VAT, similar to EU reforms, but this risks conflicting with the existing Tour Operators’ Margin Scheme (TOMS).
- TOMS taxes only the profit margin of travel operators and blocks input VAT recovery, while platform VAT rules tax the full value and allow input VAT recovery.
- The two regimes are based on fundamentally opposing principles and cannot coexist without reconciliation, risking VAT distortions and double taxation.
- The Treasury has three options to resolve the conflict between TOMS and platform VAT rules.
- If domestic passenger transport remains zero-rated, applying platform VAT rules could create technical distortions and inconsistencies.
Source: vatcalc.com
Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.
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